TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Implications of the Direct Elections in Israel
TT  - The Implications of the Direct Elections in Israel
AU  - Sezgin, Yüksel
PY  - 2000
DA  - May
DO  - 10.1501/Intrel_0000000018
JF  - The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations
PB  - Ankara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 0544-1943
SP  - 68
EP  - 105
IS  - 30
LA  - en
AB  - Like many immature and fledgling democracies Israel has suffered   from the same disease, vvhich causes instability, inefficiency,   maladministration, corruption, bribery, extortion and anarchy. However,   unlike other countries, Israel has invented its own medication to cure the ills   of its democratic system. This unprecedented "magic remedy" provided Israel   with the distinetion of being the first dcmocracy to a have direct eleetion for   its prime minister. This study is dedicated to the examination of this   "untested remedy" and its side effects. As the paper shows, the direct elections   have totally altered the form of government, party system, electoral   campaigns, and the voting behaviours in the Jewish State. By allovving the   split-ticket voting  i.e. the separate voting for prime minister and Knesset ,   the new system has contributed to the further fragmentation of Israeli party   system, strengthening the ethno-sectarian and single-issue parties at the   expense of larger and ideological ones. In addition, vvhile it has modified the   traditional inter and intra-party politics and traditional coalition formation   procedures, it also starkly exposed the absence of checks and balances vvithin   the system.
KW  - Israel
KW  - Israeli Politics
KW  - Knesset
KW  - Likud
KW  - Labour
KW  - Ethno-sectarianism
KW  - Eleetion Systems
KW  - Electoral Behaviour.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000018
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/845982
ER  -