As the momentum toward peace in the Middle East surges and wanes, the intensity of politics in Israel takes on added relevance. There can be little doubt that the historic Israel-PLO peace accord could t have occurred were it t for the turnabout elections of 1992. This volume, the seventh in a series begun in 1969, carries on the tradition of offering in-depth analyses of the major issues, actors, and parties involved in Israeli politics. Leading social scientists from Israeli and North American universities and research institutes, using different methods and coming from diverse intellectual traditions, address questions such as whether the elections were a referendum on the return of the Territories; what roles the PLO and the United States played in the election results; how techlogical changes in political communications, packaging of candidates, and opinion polls affected the results; what contributions such groups as women, Arabs, and members of various religions made to the change in government; and whether the political reforms instituted before the elections resulted from changes in the mood of the electorate or brought about changes in Israel's policy. Contributors to the volume include Majid Al-Haj, Gideon Doron, Aaron Fein, Hillel Frisch, Tamar Hermann, Hanna Herzog, Barry Kay, Jonathan Mendilow, Barry Rubin, Ron Shachar, Gabriel Weimann, Aaron Willis, Gadi Wolfsfeld, and Yael Yishai.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
State University of New York Press
ISBN-10
0791421767
ISBN-13
9780791421765
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104284576
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback (US), Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government & Constitution
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Albany, NY
Series Title
Suny Series in Israeli Studies
Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
Asher Arian is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and is Professor of Political Science at the University of Haifa.Michal Shamir is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University.
Date of Publication
04/11/1994
Volume Editor
Michal Shamir, Asher Arian, A. Asher
Country of Publication
United States
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