Nominated by Israel Political Science Association

Abstract

Political instability affects Israel's ability to govern itself. Many equate this instability with the problematic nature of its electoral institutions. This study examines the effects of the 1992 electoral institutions change by analyzing 1996 pre-election data and the actual 1999 electoral results. It argues that while policy-balancing theory and a decrease in the number of parties might have been a valid solution in a different context, in the Israeli case, due to its multi-dimensional political system, such an institutional change could not yield this outcome. Some concrete recommendations as to future changes are made.

Recommended Citation

Zubida, Hani and Doron, Gideon (2009) "How to Coerce a Multi-Dimensional System into a Undimensional Frame: Israel's 1996 Electoral Change," World Political Science Review: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1, Article 8.
DOI: 10.2202/1935-6226.1064
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/wpsr/vol5/iss1/art8