TY - CHAP
T1 - Electoral systems in context
T2 - Israel
AU - Hazan, Reuven Y.
AU - Itzkovitch-Malka, Reut
AU - Rahat, Gideon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - This chapter, which focuses on the Israeli electoral system as a prototype of an extreme PR system, has five main sections. First, it uses the 2015 election results to analyze the properties of the electoral system and the nature of its outputs. Second, it reviews the three prominent features of the Israeli electoral system and their origins: its PR electoral formula, its nationwide electoral district, and its closed party lists. Third, it examines the developments that led to the consideration and implementation of reform initiatives. Fourth, it assesses the political consequences of the system for parties and the party system, for government formation and durability, and for the legislature and legislative behavior. Fifth, it addresses the puzzle of increased personalization despite the absence of a personalized electoral system.
AB - This chapter, which focuses on the Israeli electoral system as a prototype of an extreme PR system, has five main sections. First, it uses the 2015 election results to analyze the properties of the electoral system and the nature of its outputs. Second, it reviews the three prominent features of the Israeli electoral system and their origins: its PR electoral formula, its nationwide electoral district, and its closed party lists. Third, it examines the developments that led to the consideration and implementation of reform initiatives. Fourth, it assesses the political consequences of the system for parties and the party system, for government formation and durability, and for the legislature and legislative behavior. Fifth, it addresses the puzzle of increased personalization despite the absence of a personalized electoral system.
KW - Candidate selection
KW - Direct elections
KW - Electoral reform
KW - Israel
KW - Knesset
KW - Personalization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060595747&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190258658.013.43
DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190258658.013.43
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AN - SCOPUS:85060595747
SP - 581
EP - 600
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -