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Informationen zum Autor Michal Shamir Klappentext The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth analysis of the 2003 Israeli national elections. These elections returned Ariel Sharon and the Likud to power amid one of the bloodiest rounds of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and a severe economic downturn in Israel. Contributors analye the electoral behavior of the voters as a whole and various subgroups, highlighting social cleavages and identity, as well as issues and other strategic considerations. Zusammenfassung The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth analysis of the 2003 Israeli national elections Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Party System Continuity or Change?; 1: On Mistaking a Dominant Party in a Dealigning System; 2: The Political Consequences of the Introduction and the Repeal of the Direct Elections for the Prime Minister; 2: Politics of the Election Campaign; 3: Fat Parties—Lean Candidates: Funding Israeli Internal Party Contests; 4: Who’s Defending Democracy? The Battle among the Elites over the Elections to the 16th Knesset; 5: Disqualification of Political Party Lists and Candidates for the Knesset—Were the 2003 Elections Unique?; 6: An Empirical Analysis of the Issue of Media Bias in Israeli Elections, 1996-2003; 3: Voting Behavior: Rational Choice and Group Perspectives; 7: Coalition Considerations and the Vote; 8: The Winners and Losers of 2003: Ideology, Social Structure and Political Change; 9: Religious Zionism and the National Religious Party in the 2003 Elections: An Attempt to Respond to the Challenges of Religious, Ethnic, and Political Schism; 10: Voting without Voice: About the Vote of the Palestinian Minority in the 16th Knesset Elections; 11: From “Russians” to Israelis?
