The Elections in Israel, 1996The Elections in Israel, 1996
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eBook, 1999
Current format, eBook, 1999, , All copies in use.
eBook, 1999
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Leading social scientists from Israeli and American universities, using different methods and representing diverse intellectual traditions, address the precedent setting events of Israel's 1996 elections. The contributors discuss the meaning of collective identity, the role of religion and nationalism in modern Israel, the political behavior of Israeli Arabs, the secrets of success of the immigrant party. Also discussed are issues such as the impact of the direct election law on party organization, primaries and coalition-formation calculations, the repeated electoral failure of Shimon Peres, and the role of the media in the election campaign. Leading American and Israeli social scientists discuss the precedent-setting events of Israel’s 1996 elections.
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