Elections in Israel 1996
In: SUNY Series in Israeli Studies
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Content -- PART ONE: Politics of Identity -- Elections as a Battleground over Collective Identity -- Collective Identity in the 1996 Election -- Religion and the Politics of Inclusion: The Success of the Ultra-Orthodox Parties -- The Odd Group Out: The Arab-Palestinian Vote in the 1996 Elections -- Determining Factors of the Vote among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union -- Old" versus "New" Politics in the 1996 Elections -- PART TWO: Political Reform, Parties, Candidates -- The Electoral Consequences of Political Reform In Search of the Center of the Israeli Party System -- The Likud's Double Campaign Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea -- Peres the Leader, Peres the Politician -- The 1996 Party Primaries and Their Political Consequences -- The Bias of Pluralism The Redistributive Effects of the New Electoral Law -- Balance in Election Coverage -- Back Matter -- Index -- Back Cover.