Israel at the Polls 2015
Less than two years after winning the 2013 elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his intention to dissolve his government, paving the way for general elections. While the initial impression was that the upcoming elections were pointless and unnecessary, the campaign gradually turned into a passionate and dramatic political competition, which reflected and reenergized the ideological, social, ethnic and cultural divides of Israeli society.
This book describes and analyses a great variety of political, sociological and cultural dimensions of the 2015 elections for the 20th Knesset. Covering issues such as voters behaviour, coalition formation, figures of leadership, political identities, political communication and persuasion, this rich collection of essays offers a unique and comprehensive perspective on Israeli political culture in general, and on the Israeli society in the midst of the 2015 elections in particular. It also offers theoretical insight to anyone interested in parliamentary politics and party systems in general.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Israel Affairs.
Eithan Orkibi is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ariel University.
Manfred Gerstenfeld is emeritus chairman of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, and has published numerous books on political, environmental, economic and Jewish issues.
Israel at the Polls 2015
Less than two years after winning the 2013 elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his intention to dissolve his government, paving the way for general elections. While the initial impression was that the upcoming elections were pointless and unnecessary, the campaign gradually turned into a passionate and dramatic political competition, which reflected and reenergized the ideological, social, ethnic and cultural divides of Israeli society.
This book describes and analyses a great variety of political, sociological and cultural dimensions of the 2015 elections for the 20th Knesset. Covering issues such as voters behaviour, coalition formation, figures of leadership, political identities, political communication and persuasion, this rich collection of essays offers a unique and comprehensive perspective on Israeli political culture in general, and on the Israeli society in the midst of the 2015 elections in particular. It also offers theoretical insight to anyone interested in parliamentary politics and party systems in general.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Israel Affairs.
Eithan Orkibi is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ariel University.
Manfred Gerstenfeld is emeritus chairman of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, and has published numerous books on political, environmental, economic and Jewish issues.
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Contents
Citation Information
The chapters in this book were originally published in Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Chapter 1
Israel at the polls 2015: a moment of transformative stability
Eithan Orkibi
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 573577
Chapter 2
The run up to Israels 2015 elections: a political history
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 578596
Chapter 3
Who turned out at the polls? Socioeconomic and geographic perspectives on 2015 voter turnouts in Israel
Nir Atmor and Chen Friedberg
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 597612
Chapter 4
A new integrated model of the formation of coalitions: perspectives on the Twentieth Knesset
Dganit Ofek and Assaf Meydani
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 613627
Chapter 5
Likuds success in the 2015 elections: Netanyahus Hobbesian moment
Doron Navot and Aviad Rubin
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 628640
Chapter 6
De-militarization as political self-marginalization: Israeli Labor Party and the MISEs (members of Israeli security elite) 19772015
Udi Lebel and Guy Hatuka
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 641663
Chapter 7
The covert political ethnicity of the Kulanu party
Nissim Leon
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 664682
Chapter 8
Back to the Knesset? Israeli Arab vote in the 20th Knesset elections
Arik Rudnitzky
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 683696
Chapter 9
Leadership and identity politics on the eve of the Israeli 2015 elections: childrens perspectives
Michal Alon-Tirosh and Dorit Hadar-Shoval
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 697710
Chapter 10
Not all about that Facebook: political campaigns and civic engagement in the 2015 elections
Sharon Haleva-Amir
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 711726
Chapter 11
Trends in public and media agenda-setting during the 2015 Israeli elections
Dana Weimann-Saks, Yaron Ariel, Vered Malka and Ruth Avidar
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 727742
Chapter 12
The F-campaign: a discourse network analysis of party leaders campaign statements on Facebook
Nili Steinfeld
Israel Affairs, volume 22, issue 34 (July/October 2016), pp. 743759
Chapter 13
The enemy within us: emotional politics in the 2015 Israeli elections
Mira Moshe
