The Road Not Taken
Menachem Begin’s Position on the Formation of a Democratic Regime for Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13042497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maya Mark (0000-0003-2416-5996, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-123 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Israeli Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-0370 • E-ISSN: 2159-0389 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/isr.2021.360208 |
| OpenAlex | W3206139157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
This article explores the position taken by the Herut party and its leader, Menachem Begin, on fundamental issues of democracy and regime type. It analyzes the democratic model that Begin and Herut sought to promote during Israel’s formative years: a presidential democracy with a clearly defined separation of powers preserved in a rigorous formal constitution that includes both judicial supremacy and a mechanism for judicial review. The article illuminates an important and unexplored chapter in Israeli historiography—the right wing’s position on the formation of Israel’s democratic regime—and addresses the ideological roots and foundations of the Likud movement in the spheres of government and law
Constitution · Democracy · Economics · Ideology · Judicial review · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Presidential system · Separation of powers · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society
Introduction to the study of the law of the constitution
Constitutionalism and the separation of powers
Constitutionalism, ancient and modern.
The New Separation of Powers
The Rise of the Unelected
Democracies
The Failure of Presidential Democracy
A Constitutional Revolution
Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy
The leader as a poet
Menachem Begin and Gahal in the run-up to the June 1967 war
Forming a Collective Identity
Crisis and Development
A Constitution for Israel
Presidents vs. Parliaments
Separation of Powers. Does It Still Work
The Life and Times of Menachem Begin
A Fresh Look at Semipresidentialism
The Parliamentary and Presidential Systems
The Perils of Presidentialism
Comparative presidencies
A New Political System Model
From Linz to Tsebelis
The Fusion of Presidentialism and Parliamentarism
John Locke Two Treatises of Government
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |