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Crisis of governance: government instability and the civil serv / Nachmias, David; Arbel-Ganz, Ori

Apr 2004

Nachmias, David	Journal Article
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Apr 2005.

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Israel ; Governance

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ID: 135781

Impact of electoral reforms on voting preferences: the Israeli 1996 and 1999 cases / Zubida, Hani; Nachmias, David

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Electoral institutions and salient ‘issues’ bear significant effects on voting behaviour. One of the most intriguing voting patterns, split voting, is a combination of the two. This article examines the impact of changes in electoral institutions on voting behaviour. Employing the well-known ‘balancing model’ it analyses the impact of multi-issue political context on the generalizability of the model. Israel presents a unique case in which a change in the electoral institution was implemented fully only twice before returning to the old system. The article uses individual-level data collected prior to the two electoral campaigns to analyse the ability of the balancing model to account for the multi-faceted, multi-identity scheme. The findings show that for the most salient issue the model holds; however, when looking at secondary issues and self-identifications of voters the model fails to predict split voting. Finally, the effects of the institutional change on voting patterns are analysed.

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ID: 144677

National party strategies in local elections: a theory and some evidence from the Israeli case / Nachmias, David; Rosenthal, Maoz ; Zubida, Hani

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Israeli national parties show a high variance in their tendency to compete in local elections for local authorities’ mayoral position and council seats. Indeed national parties can use local electoral competition to garner support for national elections. However, national parties might be also exposed to local losses and commitments which will hurt their performance in national elections. The results of Israeli ballot-box data from the 2006 national and the 2008 local elections show that Israeli national parties’ decision whether to compete in local elections is affected by the local support patterns in national elections, parties’ valence and the locality’s peripherality.

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Political Parties ; Political Competition ; Local Elections ; Israeli Politics ; Electoral Valence

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Public responsibility of elected officials in Israel: crossing the bounds of reasonableness / Arbel-Ganz, Ori; Nachmias, David

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2008.

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Israel ; Social Problem ; Social Culture

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