The government and politics of Israel

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Tables and Figures = ⅸ
• Preface = xi
• 1 Historical Origins of Israel = 1
• The Centrality of Israel = 1
• A Changing Society and Its Problems = 4
• Geopolitical Setting = 8
• Origins of Modern Israel = 11
• The Zionist Movement and Political Zionism = 16
• Jewish Opposition to the Zionists = 22
• The Balfour Declaration = 26
• The Mandate for Palestine = 30
• The Yishuv in Palestine = 33
• From Mandate to Jewish State = 40
• Challenges of the New State = 44
• 2 Political Culture = 46
• An Immigrant Society = 46
• Ethnic Composition = 50
• Non-Jews in Israel = 55
• The Problem of Jewish National Identity = 60
• Relationship with World Jewry = 62
• The Status of Women in Society = 63
• From Statism to Civil Society = 66
• 3 Political Parties and Ideologies = 70
• Israel : A Party-State = 71
• Origins of the Israeli Party System = 75
• The Dominant Party Era : 1949-1977 = 78
• First Transition of Power : 1977 = 79
• Second Transition of Power : 1992 = 81
• The Left Bloc = 83
• The Center = 99
• The Nationalist Camp = 105
• The Religious Parties = 113
• Realignment of the Party System = 116
• 4 The Electoral System = 118
• Israeli Proportional Representation Schemes = 118
• The Party List Nomination Process = 121
• Party Financing = 126
• Electoral Advantages of Large Parties = 129
• Electoral Reforms in Israel = 131
• Voting and Elections = 136
• From Ideological Competition to Electoral Strategy = 144
• 5 Interest Groups = 146
• The Political Economy of Israel = 146
• The Histadrut Workers' Union = 151
• The Army and Politics = 155
• The Media = 161
• Diaspora Jewry = 163
• Ethnic Groups = 167
• Extra-Parliamentary Movements = 169
• Civic Organizations = 172
• 6 How the Government Works = 173
• The Transition Law and the Law of Return = 173
• Knesset Supremacy = 175
• The Legal System = 180
• The Supreme Court = 183
• The Presidency = 185
• The Prime Minister and the Cabinet = 188
• 7 Government Administration and Public Policy = 208
• The Policy of Improvisation = 208
• Government Administration = 210
• Reforming the Administrative System = 242
• 8 Second Transition of Power = 244
• Stabilizing the First Transition of Power = 244
• The Sephardi Revolt = 248
• Economic Issues = 251
• Changing Values = 253
• The 1982 War in Lebanon = 258
• The Intifada = 262
• The Gulf War = 263
• Second Transition of Power, 1992 = 264
• The Second Rabin Era = 268
• Likud's Return to Power = 270
• 9 Challenges of the Israeli Polity = 275
• The Challenge of Diaspora Jewry = 275
• Integration of Israeli Arabs = 276
• The Israeli-Palestinian Relationship = 276
• The Economy = 277
• Society = 278
• The Environment = 278
• New Political Rules = 279
• Notes = 280
• Bibliography = 282
• About the Book and Authors = 291
• Index = 292