Publications

2009
Rahat G. Book Review: Keith Dowding and Partick Dumont (eds.), The Selection of Ministers in Europe, Routledge, London, 2009. West European Politics [Internet]. 2009;32 (5) :1063-1064. Publisher's Version
Rahat G, Hazan RY. One Winner, Two Winners, No Winners: The 2009 Elections in Israel. Representation [Internet]. 2009;45 (4) :405-420. Publisher's Version
Rahat G. Which Candidate Selection Method Is the Most Democratic?. Government and Opposition [Internet]. 2009;44 (1) :68-90. Publisher's Version
Rahat G. Elite Motives for Initiating Referendums: Avoidance, Addition and Contradiction. In: Setälä M, Schiller T Referendums and Representative Democracy. London: Routledge ; 2009. pp. 98-11. Publisher's Version
Atmor N, Rahat G. Electoral Reform in Israel: Proportional-Regional Systems and their Electoral Consequences. In: Kasif E Dividing the Land: On the Regional Distribution System and on Distributive Justice. Jerusalem: Carmel ; 2009. pp. 261-285. Publisher's Version
2008
Rahat G. Book Review: Howard M. Lenhoff, Black Jews, Jews, and Other Heroes: How Grassroots Activism Led to the Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews. Jerusalem: Gefen, 2007. Politica [Internet]. 2008;18 :195-196. Publisher's Version
Rahat G, Hazan RY, Katz RS. Democracy and Political Parties: On the Uneasy relationship Between Participation, Competition and Representation. Party Politics [Internet]. 2008;14 (6) :663-683. Publisher's Version
Rahat G. Trial and Error: Electoral Reform through Bypass and Its Repeal. Israel Affairs [Internet]. 2008;14 (1) :103-117. Publisher's Version
Hazan RY, Rahat G.  What is Candidate Selection and Why is it Important for Understanding Politics?. In: Kosiara-Pedersen K, Kurrild-Klitgaard P Changing Parties and Party Systems (Festschrift for Lars Bille). Odense: University of Southern Denmark Press ; 2008. pp. 67-82.
Rahat G. Entering Through the Back Door: Non-party Actors in Intra-Party (S)electoral Politics. In: Farrel D, Schmitt-Beck R Non-Party Actors in Electoral Politics: The Role of Interest Groups and Independent Citizens in Contemporary Election Campaigns. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag ; 2008. pp. 25-44. Publisher's Version
Rahat G. Candidate Selection In Israel: Between the One, the Few and the Many . In: Shamir M, Arian A The Elections in Israel 2006. New York: Transaction Books ; 2008. pp. 189-208. Publisher's Version
Hazan RY, Rahat G ed. Israeli Party Politics: New Approaches, New Perspectives. A special issue of Party Politics. [Internet]. 2008;14 (6). Publisher's Version
 The Politics of Regime Structure Reform in Democracies: Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective
Rahat G. The Politics of Regime Structure Reform in Democracies: Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective. Albany: State University of New York Press; 2008. Publisher's VersionAbstract

This book examines the success or failure of initiatives aimed at reforming regime structures in democracies, particularly their electoral and government systems. Through a comparative analysis of the several attempts at this type of reform in Israel over more than four decades, Gideon Rahat begins with the failed attempts at electoral reform in the 1970s and 1980s. He then analyzes Israel’s successful attempt at promoting government system reform from 1988 to 1992. Finally, he compares the Israeli cases to cases of electoral reform in New Zealand, Japan, and Italy in the 1990s. While the book focuses on the Israeli cases, it places Israel within a comparative framework and makes an important contribution to the debate concerning the politics behind regime structure reform.

2007
Barnea S, Rahat G. Reforming Candidate Selection Methods: A Three-Level Approach. Party Politics [Internet]. 2007;13 (3) :375-394. Publisher's Version
Rahat G. Determinants of Party Cohesion: Evidence from the Case of the Israeli Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs [Internet]. 2007;60 (2) :279-296. Publisher's Version
Rahat G. Candidate Selection: The Choice Before the Choice. Journal of Democracy [Internet]. 2007;18 (1) :157-170. Publisher's Version
Rahat G, Hazan RY. Participation in Party Primaries: Increase in Quantity, Decrease in Quality. In: Zittel T, Fuchs D Participatory Democracy and Political Participation. Can Participatory Engineering Bring Citizens Back In? London: Routledge ; 2007. pp. 57-72. Publisher's Version
Rahat G, Sheafer T. The Personalization(s) of Politics in Israel 1949-2003. Political Communication [Internet]. 2007;24 (1) :65-80. Publisher's Version

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