The Politics of Regime Structure Reform in

This book examines the success or failure of initiatives aimed at reforming regime structures in democracies, Particularly their electoral and government systems. Through a comparative analysis of the several attempts at this type of reform in Israel over more than four decades, Gideon Rahat begins with the failed attempts at electoral reform in the 1970s and 1980s. He then analyzes Israel's successful attempt at promoting government system reform from 1988 to 1992. Finally, he compares the Israeli cases to cases of electoral reform in New Zealand, Japan, and Italy in the 1990s. While the book focuses on the Israeli cases, it places Israel within a comparative framework and makes an important contribution to the debate concerning the politics behind regime structure reform. Book jacket.

Gideon Rahat is a Lecturer in the DePartment of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

List of Tables	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Stability and Reform of the Regime Structures of Established Democracies	p. 7
The Politics of Electoral Reform in Israel
The Electoral System, 1948-1969: A Brief Historical Overview	p. 47
The Politics of Electoral Reform, 1969-1977: The Failure to Promote Compromise	p. 57
The Politics of Electoral Reform, 1984-1990: From (Knesset) Electoral Reform to Government System Reform	p. 77
The Politics of Government System Reform in Israel, 1988-1992
Long-Term Developments, Catalyzing Events, and the Reform Initiative	p. 113
The Actors	p. 147
The Stages of the Reform Process and Overcoming the Barriers	p. 179
Reform of Regime Structures of Established Democracies in Historical and Cross-National Comparative Perspectives
The Israeli Case Studies in a Historical-Comparative Perspective	p. 215
The Politics of Regime Structure Reform in Established Democracies: A Cross-National Comparative Perspective	p. 231
Conclusions	p. 263
Epilogue	p. 273
Notes	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 299
Author Index	p. 323
Subject Index	p. 329
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The Politics of Regime Structure Reform in Democracies: Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective

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