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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes and tests the many political reforms proposed and implemented in Israel.
Trade Review"Avraham Brichta's Political Reform in Israel is a masterly study of the craft and art of politics. More than that, it is a model of true political sociology, which stays away from the temptation to reduce politics to the study of social origins of leaders and followers. Instead, it concentrates on the interplay of social and political cleavages with electoral system, in the best tradition of the classic works by Sartori and Lijphart. The book is an important, instructive and highly readable analysis of political science. In addition to the major contributions it makes to the debate on political reform among scholars and members of the general public. It also demonstrates qualities that are sorely lacking in that kind of debate: insight, caution and political wisdom." -- From the Foreword by Gabriel Ben-Dor, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center of National Security Studies, Israel
Table of ContentsContents: List of Tables and Figures; Foreword by Gabriel Ben-Dor; Preface; Acknowledgements; Main Characteristics of the Electoral System to the Knesset; The Struggle for Electoral Reform; Proposed Electoral Reforms for the Elections to the Knesset; The New Premier -- Parliamentary System in Israel; The Knesset as a Representative Assembly; Proposals for Presidential Government in Israel; The Political Consequences of Direct Elections of the; Prime Minister and the Heads of Local Councils:; A Comparison between Local and National Levels; Concluding Remarks: Toward Electoral Reform; Postscript; Notes; Glossary; Terms of Knessets; Bibliography; Index.
