Israel at the polls, 1996 / edited by Daniel J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler.

"This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue, Israel Affairs Vol. 4, No. 1, (Autumn 1997), Published by Frank Cass & Co. Ltd."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the battle over Jewishness and Zionism in the post-modern era / Daniel J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler -- Netanyahu takes over / Efraim Inbar -- The electoral fall of the Israeli left / Giora Goldberg -- Religion, ethnicity and electoral reform: the religious parties and the 1996 elections / Eliezer Don-Yehiya -- The Arab vote: the radicalization of politicization? / Hillel Frisch -- Sectarian party politics in Israel: the case of Yisrael Ba'Aliya, the Russian immigrant party / Etta Bick -- External influences on the Israeli elections / Barry Rubin -- The media campaign: the negative effects of positive campaigning / Sam Lehman-Wilzig -- The great losers: women in the 1996 elections / Yael Yishai -- Peace, security and terror in the 1996 elections / Gerald M. Steinberg -- The direct election of the prime minister: a balance sheet / Bernard Susser -- Elections 1996: the candidates and the "new politics" / Michael Keren.