| The Elections in Israel 1999 Contributor(s): Arian, Asher (Editor), Shamir, Michal (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791453154 ISBN-13: 9780791453155 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
| Dewey: 324.956 |
| LCCN: 2002017625 |
| Series: Suny Israeli Studies |
| Physical Information: (1.14 lbs) 303 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume highlights Israel's 1999 elections, in which the prime-ministerial race between incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak ended with Barak winning by the biggest landslide ever in Israel. Although some observers interpreted these results as a fundamental shift in public opinion, there is little evidence to support this. The book shows how old patterns funneled into a new system of voting produced the 1999 results, where a weak candidate (Barak) bested a wounded prime minister (Netanyahu) abandoned by most of his political allies. Leading social scientists from Israeli and American universities, using a variety of approaches and coming from diverse intellectual traditions, address topics including the emergence of political blocs, strategic voting, and split ticket voting. In addition to major party performance, special interest parties--who did better than ever in 1999--are also discussed, such as the haredi, ultra-orthodox, non-Zionist Shas, the anti-haredi secular Shinui, two parties appealing to former Soviet migr s and Arab parties. |
