"During the 1990s many dramatic changes influenced the basic characteristics of the Israeli democracy, including the environmental and existential circumstances that dictate the country's future. This volume examines the challenges and circumstances the country has faced and addresses both the public's and leadership's singular goal of ""peace and
security"". The book also investigates the renewed constitutional framework which attempted to meet new challenges, but in reality contributed to the evolution of ""new politics"" and a new party system. This new system is explored through an
analytical study of the history of the party system with an
emphasis on new phenomena, such as the growing fragmentation of recent years. Developments since the early 1990s are also examined, looking at the governmental periods of Prime Ministers: Shamir, Rabin, Peres, Netanyahu and Barak."
By:
Abraham Diskin
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9780714683836
ISBN 10: 0714683833
Series: Israeli History, Politics and Society
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 March 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
,
General/trade
,
Primary
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Part 1: Basic Problems and Basic Objectives: The Basic Social Dilemma and Israeli Democracy 1. The Jewish State: Demography and the Legal Norm 2. The Security Equation: Motivation and Means 3. Social and Political Polarization: Democracy, Jewishness, Security and Peace Part 2: The Constitutional Revolution and the Breakdown of Balances between the Branches of Government: The Judiciary - ""Make us a king to judge us"" 4. The Legislative and the Executive: The Courage to Repent before the Fall Part 3: The Party Map: Roots and Development, 1949-92 5. The New Party Map, 1996-99 6. The Power of the Political Centre Part 4: Days of Storm and Stress: From Rabin to Peres - ""Yes to peace - no to violence"" 7. From Peres to Netanyahu: The Shifting Sands of Parity 8. The Netanyahu Government: In the Absence of Checks and Balances 9. The 1999 Elections 10. The Barak Government: From Dilemma to Dilemma 11. The Sharon Government Part 5: Conclusion: Solutions in the Absence of a Solution"
Abraham Diskin teaches and researches in the department of political science at the Hebrew University. He is a former Chair of the department and a former Chair of the Israel Political Science Association. He has advised leading politicians and organisations, including several Prime Ministers, the Knesset, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Likud, the Labour Party and a number of international organisations.
