Public Policy and Electoral Reform
The Case of Israel
Public Policy and Electoral Reform
The Case of Israel
Description
Is the public really sure what they are voting for? Does a small policy change really mean what the voters have been told it means? Public Policy and Electoral Reform: The Case of Israel examines the effects electoral change and reform have on the making and implementation of public policy. The book brings into question the actual influence voters have over electoral outcomes by probing various scenarios. Using the case of Israel as an illustration, political scientists Gideon Doron and Michael Harris bring to the fore analysis that challenges the reader to consider the real potential of electoral reform.
Doron and Harris place the Israeli reforms within a theoretical framework, using Israel as a testing ground for the theory. In Part One the authors describe the theoretical underpinnings of electoral systems and electoral change. Part Two presents the fascinating story of the Israeli case, with close analysis of the successes and failures of the reforms and their impact on public policy from 1996 through the election of Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 1999.
Table of Contents
Part 2 Relating Public Policy to Electoral Systems: A Theoretical Framework
Chapter 3 Representation and Electoral Systems
Chapter 4 Changing and Reforming an Electoral System
Chapter 5 Governability and Electoral Change
Part 6 Electoral Change in Israel
Chapter 7 Small Electoral Changes in the Israeli Electoral Method
Chapter 8 Electoral Reform: The Case of 1992
Chapter 9 Public Policy under the Prime Minister Regime: 1996-1999
Chapter 10 Conclusion
Product details
| Published | 19 Jul 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 160 |
| ISBN | 9780739159767 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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