"This is an outstanding assessment of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's years in power. Talshir is very knowledgeable about the ideas propelling constitutions, institutional policy, and philosophical issues of democratic liberty, rights, and due process. But what makes this study unusual is her command of the everyday political struggles and uncompromising ideological feuds among a range of stakeholders within a theoretical framework. The combination of informed and intelligent scholarship give this work a clear edge in the field of recent Israel studies." — Michael Freeden, University of Oxford