List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Stability and Reform of the Regime Structures
of Established Democracies
PART ONE
The Politics of Electoral Reform in Israel
2. The Electoral System, 1948–1969:
A Brief Historical Overview
3. The Politics of Electoral Reform, 1969–1977:
The Failure to Promote Compromise
4. The Politics of Electoral Reform, 1984–1990:
From (Knesset) Electoral Reform to
Government System Reform
PART TWO
The Politics of Government
System Reform in Israel, 1988–1992
5. Long-Term Developments, Catalyzing Events,
and the Reform Initiative
6. The Actors
7. The Stages of the Reform Process and
Overcoming the Barriers
PART THREE
Reform of Regime Structures of
Established Democracies in Historical and
Cross-National Comparative Perspectives
8. The Israeli Case Studies in a
Historical-Comparative Perspective
9. The Politics of Regime Structure
Reform in Established Democracies:
A Cross-National Comparative Perspective
Conclusions
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
