The Electoral System of Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23141992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Soberg Shugart (0000-0002-6144-8613, University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 331-349 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190675585.013.20_update_001 |
| OpenAlex | W2913170906 |
| ISBN | 9780190675585 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
The electoral system of Israel is an “extreme” example of proportional representation because of its use of a single nationwide district. This feature has been a constant since 1949, while secondary features, such as legal thresholds and the proportional seat-allocation formula, have changed and had an impact on degrees of proportionality. The party system is highly fragmented, as expected in extreme proportional systems. By applying the Seat Product Model to indices of election outcomes, it is possible to determine whether Israel’s system is more or less fragmented and proportional than expected for its institutional design. This chapter reports that the long-term average outputs are about as expected, but they have fluctuated over time. Some of these fluctuations reflect changes in the secondary features of the system, while others are the results of political factors independent of the institutions.
Democracy · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Electoral system · Political science · Politics · Proportional representation · Proportionality (law) · Representation (politics) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law
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Political instability in Israel over the last decades – Causes and consequences
Majoritarian politics in a consensus democracy
Committee assignment patterns in fragmented multiparty settings
The Israeli parties' positions in comparative perspective
Electoral Systems in Context
Social Diversity, Electoral Systems, and the Party System
Electoral System Effects on Party Systems
Faces on the Ballot
Votes from Seats
Presidents, Parties, and Prime Ministers
The political consequences of electoral laws
Introducing new multilevel datasets
From government by party to government despite party
Mapping the Indices of Seats–Votes Disproportionality and Inter-Election Volatility
Democracy within Parties
The Dominant Party System
The Politics of Electoral Reform in Israel
The Study of the Politics of Electoral Reform in the 1990s
Proportionality, disproportionality and electoral systems
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |