Executive Governance in Israel

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Designing the Executive Branch

   • Asher Arian, David Nachmias, Ruth Amir

   Pages 1-17

3. Executive Governance and Democracy

   • Asher Arian, David Nachmias, Ruth Amir

   Pages 18-34

4. Prime Ministerial Power: Resources and Constraints

   • Asher Arian, David Nachmias, Ruth Amir

   Pages 35-59

5. Power-Sharing with Nonelected Authorities

   • Asher Arian, David Nachmias, Ruth Amir

   Pages 60-84

6. Elections, Coalitions, and Governance

   • Asher Arian, David Nachmias, Ruth Amir

   Pages 85-105

7. Prime Ministers and Policy-Making

   • Asher Arian, David Nachmias, Ruth Amir

   Pages 106-125

8. Transition of Government Power

   • Asher Arian, David Nachmias, Ruth Amir

   Pages 126-146

9. Balancing Executive Power

   • Asher Arian, David Nachmias, Ruth Amir

   Pages 147-159

10. Back Matter

    Pages 160-176

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This is the first comprehensive examination of the evolution of executive governance in Israel. The book describes and analyzes the political and bureaucratic structures and processes that led to the predominance of the executive in policymaking and governance. It also analyzes recent political and administrative reforms and their consequences on the Knesset, political parties, governing coalitions and non-elected public authorities.

• democracy
• executive
• governance
• Government
• Israel
• Policy
• policymaking
• Political Parties
• reforms

'It is a thought-provoking overview of the challenges facing executive governance in Israel; it surely deserves to be read.' - Robert Hazan, Middle East Journal

• City University of New York Graduate Center, Israel

  Asher Arian

• University of Haifa and Israel Democracy Institute, Israel

  Asher Arian

• Tel Aviv University and Israel Democracy Institute, Israel

  David Nachmias

• Emek Yezreel College, Israel

  Ruth Amir

ASHER ARIAN is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York Graduate Centre, and at the University of Haifa, and is a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. His many books and articles include Security Threatened: Surveying Israeli Opinion on Peace and War and The Second Republic: Politics in Israel.

DAVID NACHMIAS is Romulo Betancourt Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. Author of numerous books and articles on public policy, public administration and Israeli politics his most recent published book is Research Methods in the Social Sciences, sixth edition.

RUTH AMIR is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Emek Yezreel College and an adjunct faculty member of Bar-Ilan University. Her research interests and publications include executive governance and Israeli politics and society.

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