| ID | 163293 |
| Title Proper | Likud’s rise to power and the democracy in danger fearmongering campaign |
| Other Title Information | rhetoric vs. facts |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cohen, Asher |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The 1977 elections in Israel marked the first time since the country’s establishment in 1948 for a right-wing government to be elected. Immediately after this sea change, a ‘Democracy in Danger’ fearmongering discourse was instituted by representatives of academic, cultural, political and media elites. In fact, as this article shows, Likud’s ascendance served as a formative event of democratic transformation in the deepest sense of the word, strengthening and deepening Israel’s democratic identity that had hitherto been limited at most. |
| `In' analytical Note | Israel Affairs Vol. 24, No.6; Dec 2018: p.1073-1092 |
| Journal Source | Israel Affairs Vol: 24 No 6 |
| Key Words | Israel ; Labour ; Democratisation ; Likud ; Menachem Begin ; Zeev Jabotinsky ; Democrac ; Democratic Indices |