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Party Switching in Israel A Historical and Comparative Analysis.

Analyzes the history of legislative party switching and its regulation in the Israeli Knesset.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Nikolenyi, Csaba
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : State University of New York Press, 2023.
Series:SUNY Series in Comparative Politics Series.
Subjects:
Israel. > Keneset > Rules and practice.
Party affiliation > Israel.
Political parties > Israel.
Political candidates > Israel.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Argument
  • An Overview of the Chapters Ahead
  • A Note on Terminology
  • Chapter 1 Conceptual and Comparative Considerations
  • Party Cohesion and Party Switching
  • Anti-Defection Laws and The Regulation of Political Parties: The Scholarly Context
  • Anti-Defection Laws in National Constitutions: A Global Overview
  • Defections in Israel: Kalanterism, Trustees, and Delegates
  • A Rational Choice Approach to Anti-Defection Laws
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2 Kalanterism, the "Stinking Trick," and the Evolution of Israel's Anti-Defection Law
  • Early Attempts at Regulating Defections in Knesset
  • The "Stinking Trick" and the Adoption of the Anti-Defection Law of 1991
  • The Anti-Defection Law as a Redistributive Institution: Changes and Amendments after 1991
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 The Growing Incidence of Party Switching in Israel
  • Party Switching in Numbers
  • The Anti-Defection Law in the Context of a Changing Israeli Party System
  • A Case Study: The Disintegration of Likud in the Knesset and the Effects of the Anti-Defection Law in the Fourteenth Knesset (19
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4 "Acquire a Friend for Yourself!" The Rise of Collective Defections in the Knesset
  • Case 1: The Rise and Fall of Yi'ud
  • Case 2: The Disintegration of Gil (Pensioners' Party)
  • Case 3: The Labor Party Split of 2011
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 The Preponderance of Pre-Electoral Party Switching
  • The Temporal Dimension of Party Exits in the Knesset
  • Strategic Delay of Party Exits
  • The Effect of the Mofaz Law on the Kadima Split in 2012
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6 Between Government and Opposition: The Directionality of Exit
  • The Directionality of Party Switching in Numbers
  • Party Switching and Ariel Sharon's First Coalition Government in the Sixteenth Knesset
  • Party Switching and the National Unity Government
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7 Does Defection Pay? The Electoral Consequences of Party Switching
  • An Empirical Assessment of the Electoral Consequences of Party Switching
  • Understanding the Electoral Success of New Parties and Switching MKs
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8 Comparative Cases: Anti-Defections Laws and Their Consequences in India, New Zealand, and South Africa
  • The Growing Severity of the Anti-Defection Law in India, 1985-2003
  • Electoral Integrity Legislation in New Zealand
  • Anti-Defection Law in a New Democracy: South Africa
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Party Switching, Anti-Defection Laws, and the Political Instability of 2019-2021
  • In Closing . . .
  • Appendix
  • The List of Party Switches in the Knesset, 1949-2019
  • First Knesset
  • Second Knesset
  • Fifth Knesset
  • Sixth Knesset
  • Seventh Knesset
  • Eighth Knesset

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