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The elections in Israel, 1992 /

As the momentum toward peace in the Middle East surges and wanes, the intensity of politics in Israel takes on added relevance. There can be little doubt that the historic Israel-PLO peace accord could not have occurred were it not for the turnabout elections of 1992. This volume, the seventh in a s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Arian, Alan, Shamir, Michal, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.
Colección:SUNY series in Israeli studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
  • V
  • VI
  • Notes
  • Content
  • PART I: Political Turnover
  • Two Reversals: Why 1992 Was Not 1977
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Arithmetic of Reversal
  • III. Issues and Demography
  • IV. Who Went Where?
  • V. Wedge Issues
  • VI. More on the 1992 Election
  • VII. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Modelling Victory in the 1992 Election
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Elements of the Model: Factors in the 1992 ElectionCandidates
  • Perfarmance Evaluations
  • Party Attachment
  • The Social Basis of the Vote
  • III. The Model
  • IV. Empirical Results
  • Utility Parameters-Importance for the Individual Voter
  • Vote Probabilities: Party Blocs' Sources of Advantage
  • Dispersion of Vote Probabilities
  • The Sources of Electoral Turnover: 1992 versus 1988
  • V. Summary and Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • PART II: Group Influences
  • Penetrating the System: The Politics of Collective Identities
  • I. Religious PartiesII. Jewish Ethnic Parties
  • III. Arab Parties
  • IV. Women's Parties
  • V. Conclusion
  • References
  • Equal But Different? The Gender Gap in Israel's 1992 Elections
  • I. Political Activity
  • Political Efficacy
  • Discussion of Political Affairs
  • Voting
  • Partisan Affiliation
  • II. Opinions and Attitudes
  • Views on Peace and Security
  • Policy Preferences
  • Voting Preferences
  • III. Some Explanations
  • The Development Model
  • The Generational Model
  • The Autonomy Model
  • The Diffusion Model
  • IV. Conclusions
  • NotesReferences
  • Shas-The Sephardic Torah Guardians: Religious Movement and Political Power
  • I. The Campaign: Imagining the Movement
  • II. Teshuva: Spiritual/Moral Movement
  • III. Blessings, Prayers, and a Charm
  • IV. Competition with Other Parties
  • V. The Elections to the 1992 Knesset
  • VI. Joining the Labor-led coalition
  • VII. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • The Political Behavior of the Arabs in Israel in the 1992 Elections: Integration versus Segregation
  • I. Parliamentary Elections and Political Marginalization
  • II. From Passive to Active ParticipationIII. The 1992 Elections
  • Political and Social Divisions
  • Religious Divisions
  • From Arab-Jewish to Arab Structure
  • Citizenship Issues
  • Voting Behavior
  • In the Aftermath of the Elections
  • IV. Concluding Remarks
  • Note
  • References
  • Voting Trends of Recent Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Electoral Power of the Immigrants
  • III. Determination of Political Positions
  • IV. Issues and Party Preferences
  • V. Trends in Party Preferences