Transforming israeli democracy under stress

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Abstract

This chapter presents an analysis of Israeli democracy, its political institutions and their shortcomings, and proposals for electoral reform. An understanding of Israeli democracy requires a review of events in the pre-state period. It was during the late 19th century in Eastern Europe that a Zionist movement evolved to establish a Jewish homeland in Ottoman Palestine. Under Ottoman and later British authority, which allowed a significant degree of communal self rule, the Zionist enterprise developed an infrastructure for the future Jewish state. On November 29,1947, the United Nations (UN) partitioned Palestine; a UN resolution called for the establishment of separate independent Jewish and Arab states and the internationalization of Jerusalem. Consensus was lacking as religious Jews opposed adopting a constitution not based on Jewish religious law. Israel is a representative “indirect democracy in which the people do not themselves govern but elect representatives who govern them”.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInstitutions and Democratic Statecraft
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages209-224
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9780429968327
ISBN (Print)0813366925, 9780813366920
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences (all)

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