Zur, Roi and Bakker, Ryan (2023) The Israeli parties' positions in comparative perspective. Party Politics. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688231218917
Zur, Roi and Bakker, Ryan (2023) The Israeli parties' positions in comparative perspective. Party Politics. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688231218917
Zur, Roi and Bakker, Ryan (2023) The Israeli parties' positions in comparative perspective. Party Politics. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688231218917
Abstract
<jats:p> The multidimensionality of the Israeli political system is expected given Israel’s electoral system and cleavage structure. We introduce a new dataset and measurement of party positions in Israel and provide evidence that Israel’s party system is comparable to other multiparty systems in Europe (CHES-EU) and Latin America (CHES-LA). We argue and provide evidence that the most important dimension in the Israeli party system, similar to other multiparty systems, is the general Left-Right continuum, which combines both economic and cultural policy issues. Yet, unlike other established democracies, parties’ positions on the Left-Right continuum are closely related to their positions on policies related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. We also discuss Israeli-specific issues which structure the Israeli party competition. The contribution of this paper is two-fold. First, it allows scholars of party competition to include Israel as a comparative case in their research. Second, it is the first study that provides valid and reliable measurement of Israeli parties’ positions across multiple issues. </jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | party competition; party positions; chapel hill expert survey; Israel; issue salience |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2024 15:34 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 22:08 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/36988 |
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