Political transformations and political entrepreneurs: Israel in comparative perspective

This book presents a theoretical framework based on the empirical context of the Israeli political system to evaluate under what conditions and in what ways can fundamental institutional changes occur in a democratic political system. INDICE: Institutional Change as an Interaction between Political and Social Players b The Role of Political Entrepreneurs - Institutional Theory - A Procedural Model for Formal Institutional Change Analysis - The Book's Contributions to the Field - Political Entrepreneurs and Institutional Change: The Case of Basic Law: The Government (1992) - Case Description - Public Awareness of Political Rule Change as a Necessary Condition for Initiation of Institutional Design Change - Political Entrepreneurs - The Players' Dependence on Structural and Cultural Limitations - Entrepreneurs b Group b Public - Entrepreneurs b Interest Groups b Politicians - Political Entrepreneurs and Legislative Bodies- Political Entrepreneurs Institutional Change: Cancellation of the Direct Election of the Prime Minister - Case Study - The Public's Sense of the Need to Change Political Rules as a Necessary Condition for Initiating Institutional Change - The Political Entrepreneurs - The Players' Activity with Regard to Structural and Cultural Constraints - Entrepreneurs - Group - Public - Entrepreneurs - Interest groups - Politicians - Political Entrepreneurs and Legislative Bodies - Comparative Aspects of Institutional Changes: the Cases of Argentina,Italy and New Zealand - The Feeling among the Public of a Need for a Political Rule Change - Argentina: The Judicial Reforms from 1994 and 1997 - Italy: The 1993 Electoral Reform - New Zealand: The 1993 Electoral Reform - Political Entrepreneurs - Argentina b Political Entrepreneurship - Italy b Political Entrepreneurship - New Zealand b Political Entrepreneurship - Determination of theCharacter and Design of a Basic Formal - Institutional Change: Players' Activity as Determined via Structural and Cultural Constraints - Argentina b Institutional Change Design - Italy b Institutional Change Design - New Zealand b Institutional Change Design - Summary and Conclusions - Institutional Changes inIsrael - Institutional Changes b A Comparative Perspective

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61867-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 25/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés