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Books

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Articles

“Changing Israel’s Electoral System.” Representation (Vol. 32, #118, 1994, pp. 40-43).

 “Attacking the Center.” Scandinavian Political Studies (Vol. 18, #2, 1995, pp. 73-95).

“Center Parties and Systemic Polarization.” Journal of Theoretical Politics (Vol. 7, #4, 1995, pp. 421-445).

“Presidential Parliamentarism.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 15, #1, 1996, pp. 21-37).

“Does Center Equal Middle.” Party Politics (Vol. 2, #2, 1996, pp. 209-228).

“The 1996 Intra-Party Elections in Israel.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 16, #1, 1997, pp. 95-103).

“Executive-Legislative Relations in an Era of Accelerated Reform.” Legislative Studies Quarterly (Vol. 22, #3, 1997, pp. 329-350).

“Three Levels of Elections in Israel in 1996.” Representation (Vol. 34, #3-4, 1997, pp. 240-249).

“Political Reform and the Committee System in Israel.” Journal of Legislative Studies (Vol. 4, #1, 1998, pp. 163-187). 

“Constituency Interests without Constituencies.” Political Geography (Vol. 18, #7, 1999, pp. 791-811).

“On the Uneasy, Delicate, Yet Necessary Relationship between Parliamentary Members and Leaders.” Journal of Legislative Studies (Vol. 5, #3-4, 1999, pp. 1-22), with Lawrence D. Longley.

“Yes, Institutions Matter.” Journal of Legislative Studies (Vol. 5, #3-4, 1999, pp. 301-324).

“Parties, Elections and Cleavages.” Israel Affairs (Vol. 6, #2, 1999, pp. 1-10), with Moshe Maor.

“Party Systems and Issue Dimensions.” Israel Affairs (Vol. 6, #2, 1999, pp. 29-51), with Arendt Lijphart and Peter J. Bowman. 

“Religion and Politics in Israel.” Israel Affairs (Vol. 6, #2, 1999, pp. 109-137).

“Intra-party Politics and Peacemaking in Democratic Societies.” Journal of Peace Research (Vol. 37, #3, 2000, pp. 363-378). 

“The Unintended Consequences of Extemporaneous Electoral Reform.” Representation (Vol. 37, #1, 2000, pp. 19-47).

“The 1999 Knesset and Prime Ministerial Elections in Israel.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 19, #4, 2000, pp. 628-637), with Abraham Diskin.

“Representation, Electoral Reform and Democracy.” Comparative Political Studies (Vol. 33, #8, 2000, pp. 1310-1336), with Gideon Rahat.

“Democratizing Candidate Selection.” Party Politics (Vol. 7, #3, 2001, pp. 267-275), with Paul Pennings.

“Candidate Selection Methods.” Party Politics (Vol. 7, #3, 2001, pp. 297-322), with Gideon Rahat.

“The 2001 Prime Ministerial Election in Israel.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 21, #4, 2002, pp. 659-664), with Abraham Diskin.

“Does Cohesion Equal Discipline.” Journal of Legislative Studies (Vol. 9, #4,  2003, pp. 1-11).

“The Parliamentary Elections in Israel, January 2003.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 23, #2, 2004, pp. 353-360), with Abraham Diskin.

“Why Democracies Collapse.” International Political Science Review (Vol. 26, #3, 2005, pp. 291-309), With Abraham Diskin and Hanna Diskin.

“Electoral Systems and Candidate Selection.” Acta Politica (Vol. 41, #2, 2006, pp. 146-166), with Gerrit Voerman.

“The Influence of Candidate Selection Methods on Legislatures and Legislators.” Journal of Legislative Studies (Vol. 12, #3-4, 2006, pp. 366-385), with Gideon Rahat.

“Israel’s ‘Big Bang’.” Representation (Vol. 42, #3, 2006, pp. 243-252).

“Kadima and the Center.” Israel Affairs (Vol. 13, #2, 2007, pp. 266-288).

“The 2006 Parliamentary Elections in Israel.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 27, #3, 2007, pp. 707-711), with Abraham Diskin. 

“Democracy and Political Parties.” Party Politics (Vol. 14, #6, 2008, pp. 663-685), with Gideon Rahat and Richard S. Katz.

“Israel’s Prolonged War Against Terrorism.” Journal of Legislative Studies (Vol. 15, #2-3, 2009, pp. 257-276), with Chen Friedberg.

“One Winner, Two Winners, No Winners.” Representation (Vol. 45, #4, 2009, pp. 405-420), with Gideon Rahat.

“The Parliamentary Elections in Israel, February 2009.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 28, #4, 2009, pp. 654-657), with Abraham Diskin.

“Reconceptualizing Electoral Reform.” West European Politics (Vol. 34, #3, 2011, pp. 437-455), with Monique Leyenaar.

“The Barriers to Electoral Reform.” West European Politics (Vol. 34, #3, 2011, pp.478-494), with Gideon Rahat.

“Research on Electoral Reforms Examined.” Res Publica (Vol. 53, #3, 2011, pp. 369-371), with Monique Leyenaar.

“The parliamentary election in Israel, January 2013.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 34, 2014, pp. 373-376), with Abraham Diskin.

“Increased Personalization in an Unstable Party System.” Representation (Vol. 49, #3, 2014, pp. 375-389), with Gideon Rahat.

“Plus ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose.” Electoral Studies (Vol. 40, 2015, pp. 411-418), with Abraham Diskin. 

"Stable Blocs and Multiple Identities." Representation (Vol. 52, #1, 2016, pp. 99-117), with Gideon Rahat and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom.

"Unpacking Party Unity." Political Studies (Vol. 65, #2, 2017, pp. 452-474), with Reut Itzkovitch-Malka. 

"The Collective Memory of Dominant Parties in Parliamentary Discourse." Party Politics (Vol. 27, #3, 2021, pp. 489-500), with Reut Itzkovitch-Malka, Shaul Shenhav and Gideon Rahat. 

"The Vote of No Confidence." West European Politics (Vol. 45, #3, 2022, pp. 502-527), with Tal Lento. 

"Parliaments and Government Termination." West European Politics (Vol. 45, #3, 2022, pp. 455-469), with Bjørn Erik Rasch. 

"Government–Opposition Relations and the Vote of No-Confidence." Political Studies (Forthcoming), with Or Tuttnauer. 

Chapters

“Party System Change in Israel, 1948-1998.” In Paul Pennings & Jan-Erik Lane, eds. Comparing Party System Change. Routledge: London, 1998, pp. 151-166.

“The Electoral Consequences of Political Reform.” In Asher Arian & Michal Shamir, eds. The Elections in Israel 1996Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999, pp. 163-185.

“Israel and the Consociational Model.” In Richard Kurt Luther & Kris Deschouwer, eds. Party Elites in Divided Societies: Political Parties in Consociational Democracy. London: Routledge, 1999, pp. 163-188.

“The Israeli Mixed Electoral System.” In Matthew S. Shugart & Martin P. Wattenberg, eds. Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: The Best of Both Worlds? New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 351-379.

“The Labor Party and the Peace Process.” In Sasson Sofer, ed. Peacemaking in a Divided Society. London: Frank Cass, 2001, pp. 97-118.

“Candidate Selection.” In Lawrence LeDuc, Richard G. Niemi & Pippa Norris, eds. Comparing Democracies 2: New Challenges in the Study of Elections and Voting. London: Sage, 2002, pp. 108-126.

“The Political Consequences of the Introduction and the Repeal of the Direct Elections for the Prime Minister.” In Asher Arian & Michal Shamir, eds. The Elections in Israel 2003. New York: Transaction Publishers, 2005, pp. 33-61 (with Ofer Kenig and Gideon Rahat).

“The Failure of Presidential Parliamentarism.” In Paul Webb & Thomas Poguntke, eds. The Presidentialization of Politics: A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 287-310.

“Israel – The Politics of Extreme Proportionality.” In Michael Gallagher & Paul Mitchell, eds. The Politics of Electoral Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 333-351 (with Gideon Rahat).

“Candidate Selection.” In Richard S. Katz & Michael J. Crotty, eds. Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage, 2006, pp. 109-121 (with Gideon Rahat).

“Political Participation in Party Primaries.” In Thomas Zittel & Dieter Fuchs, eds. Participatory Democracy and Political Participation. London: Routledge, 2006, pp. 57-72 (with Gideon Rahat).

“Candidate Selection.” Entry in the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 2010.

“Parliamentary Discipline.” Entry in the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 2010 (with John E. Owens).

“Israel’s Prolonged War Against Terrorism.” in John E. Owens & Riccardo Pelizzo, eds. The “War on Terror” and the Growth of Executive Power. London: Routledge, 2010, pp. 181-201 (with Chen Friedberg).

“Israeli Political Parties and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” In Cheryl A. Rubenberg, ed. Encyclopedia of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Boulder: Lynn Rienner, 2010, pp. 684-691 (with Gideon Rahat).

“Candidate Selection.” In Josep Colomer, ed. Personal Representation. Essex: ECPR Press, 2011, pp. 21-36 (with Nir Atmor and Gideon Rahat).

“Primary Elections.” Entry in the International Encyclopedia of Political Science. London: Sage, 2011.

“Agreement, Loyalty and Discipline.” In Kris Deschouwer & Sam Depauw, eds. Representing the People. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 110-136 (with Cynthia van Vonno, Reut Itzkovitch-Malka, Sam Depauw and Rudy B. Andeweg).

“Candidate Selection.” In Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld & Kaare Strøm, eds. Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 213-230. 

“Leadership Selection versus Candidate Selection.” In Giulia Sandri, Antonella Seddone & Fulvio Venturino, eds. Primaries in Comparative Perspective. Surrey: Ashgate, 2015, pp. 21-40 (with Ofer Kenig and Gideon Rahat).

“Parties, Politicians and Parliaments.” In Richard Johnston & Campbell Sharman, eds. Parties and Party Systems: Structure and Content. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2015, pp. 108-126 (with Gideon Rahat).

“Israel – The Challenges Facing a Divided Democracy in a Hostile Neighborhood.” In Paulette Kurzer, ed. Comparative Governance. McGraw-Hill, 2016, (with Gideon Rahat).

"Electoral Systems in Context: Israel." In Erik S. Herron, Robert J. Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart, eds. Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 581-600 (with Reut Itzkovitch-Malka and Gideon Rahat)

"Mind the Gap." In Robert Boatright, ed. Routledge Handbook of Primary Elections. London: Routledge, 2018, pp. 323-334 (with Reut Itzkovitch-Malka). 

"Political Parties and Parliamentary Politics." In Joel Peters and Robert Pinfolds, eds. Understanding Israel: Political, Societal and Security Challenges. London: Routledge, 2019, pp. 62-80 (with Chen Friedberg)

"Parliamentarians and Party Groups." In Robert Rohrschneider and Jacques Thomassen, eds. Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. 305-321 (with Reut Itzkovitch-Malka). 

"Introduction to Israeli Politics and Society." In Reuven Y. Hazan, Alan Dowty, Menachem Hofnung and Gideon Rahat, eds. Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 1-15 (with Alan Dowty, Menachem Hofnung and Gideon Rahat). 

"The Legislative Branch in Israel." In Reuven Y. Hazan, Alan Dowty, Menachem Hofnung and Gideon Rahat, eds. Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 301-316 (with Chen Friedberg). 

"Parties and the Party System of Israel." In Reuven Y. Hazan, Alan Dowty, Menachem Hofnung and Gideon Rahat, eds. Oxford Handbook of Israeli Politics and Society. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 351-366.

"The Political System and Political Parties.” In Guy Ben-Porat, Yariv Feniger, Dani Filc, Paula Kabalo and Julia Mirsky, eds. Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Israel. London, Routledge, 2022, pp. 75-87 (with Gideon Rahat). 

"Collegial versus Personal Cabinets and Governments." In Chen Friedberg and Gideon Rahat, eds. Collegial Democracy versus Personal Democracy. London: Routledge, 2024, pp. 87-104 (with Eyal Ben-Shimol and Gideon Rahat).