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Book SynopsisThis book examines Israeli strategies of adapting to a crisis of governability brought on by institutional stagnation. The book uses a new theory emphasizing the role of policy entrepreneurs in political institutions, and ultimately offers a method of electoral reform to address systemic maladies in the Israeli political system.
Trade ReviewThis book examines. . . coalitional making and breaking, the ways in which ruling coalitions maneuver in parliament, and policy design and implementation. The book also explores the problem that exists in Israel’s governability: the lack of a strategic high-order far sighted decision making. Finally, it offers a method of electoral reform that can address both of these systemic maladies. * Israel Book Review *
The central question raised in this book is not only important but also intriguing. . . . Israel’s Governability Crisis is recommended for advanced political science and/or Israel Studies courses, not just for its close analysis of the Israeli political scene but also for its generalizability to other parliamentary regimes around the world. The author explicitly argues that Israel’s general approach to governance can serve as a foundation for analyzing other nations with similar systemic challenges, and I tend to agree with him. At the least, there is some small comfort in knowing that Israel is not alone in ‘muddling through’ a political miasma. * Israel Studies Review *
In this excellent and innovative study, Rosenthal successfully develops an interdisciplinary approach to the study of governance which may prove useful for Israel studies students as well as for those engaging in pure comparative work within the subfield of public policy, governance and public law. -- Assaf Meydani, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo
Table of Contents1. An Alternative Model of Governability: The Heresthetic of Preferences and Veto Points 2. Israel’s Political Institutions and Policy Dimensions− a Prelude for a Crisis 3. Israel's Governability Crisis: Sources and Consequences 4. Cabinet Compositions and Duration: Israeli Governments 1949-2015 5. Agenda Gate-Keeping and the Power of the Chair: Policy Making in Israeli Knesset Committees 6. Bureaucratic Agenda Control and Political leadership in Policy Design 7. Policy Implementation: The Reprisal of Political Agenda Control 8. So where is the Problem? The Drorian High-Order Tasks
