Elections in Israel 1992

Asher Arian is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and is Professor of Political Science at the University of Haifa. Michal Shamir is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University.

• List of TablesList of FiguresIntroductionMICHAL SHAMIR and ASHER ARIANPART I: Political Turnover1 Two Reversals: Why 1992 Was Not 1977ASHER ARIAN and MICHAL SHAMIR2 Modelling Victory in the 1992 ElectionRON SHACHAR and MICHAL SHAMIRPART II: Group Influences3 Penetrating the System: The Politics of Collective IdentitiesHANNA HERZOG4 Equal But Different? The Gender Gap in Israel's 1992 ElectionsYAEL YISHAI5 Shas—The Sephardic Torah Guardians: Religious "Movement" and Political PowerAARON P. WILLIS6 The Political Behavior of the Arabs in Israel in the 1992 Elections: Integration versus SegregationMAJID AL-HAJ7 Voting Trends of Recent Immigrants from the Former Soviet UnionAHARON FEINPART III: Nonvoting Constituencies8 The PLO and the 1992 Elections—A Skillful Participant?HILLEL FRISCH9 U.S.-Israel Relations and Israel's 1992 ElectionsBARRY RUBINPART IV: Political Communication10 The 1992 Campaign: Valence and Position DimensionsJONATHAN MENDILOW11 Voters as Consumers: Audience Perspectives on the Election BroadcastsGADI WOLFSFELD12 Caveat Populi Quaestor: The 1992 Preelections Polls in the Israeli PressGABRIEL WEIMANNPART V: Reforming the System13 The Rise of Instrumental Voting: The Campaign for Political ReformTAMAR HERMANN14 Reforming Israel's Voting SchemesGIDEON DORON and BARRY KAYIndex

"This collection will be the definitive work on the Israeli elections of 1992, and a major book on Israeli politics generally. Its contributors include an extensive variety of subjects, and the editors are the most sophisticated and knowledgeable persons in the field." — Gerald M. Pomper, Rutgers University