The elections in Israel, 2006
By: edited by Asher Arian and Michal Shamir.
Contributors: Arian, Alan.; Shamir, Michal, 1951-; Makhon ha-Yiśreʼeli le-demoḳraṭyah.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers; Israel Democracy Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780765803887
Subjects: Israel. -- Keneset -- Elections, 2006; Elections -- Israel -- History; Israel -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Notes: "Published in cooperation with the Israel Democracy Institute"--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Asher Arian and Michal Shamir; title: Voting behavior; title: Kadima - forward in a dealigned party system / Michal Shamir, Raphael Ventura, Asher Arian, and Orit Kedar; title: Coalition considerations and the vote / Paul R. Abramson, John H. Aldrich, Andre Blais, Daniel Lee, and Renan Levine; title: Parties and groups; title: Shas' transformation to "Likud with kippa?": a comparative assessment of the moderation of religious parties / Sultan Tepe and Roni Baum; title: The immigration from the Former Soviet Union and the elections in Israel, 1992-2006: is a "third Israel" being created? / Viacheslav Konstantinov; title: 1990s immigrants from the FSU in Israeli elections 2006: the fulfillment of the political dreams of post-Soviet man? / Michael Philippov; title: The Arab minority in Israel and the seventeenth Knesset elections: the beginning of a new era? / Elie Rekhess; title: The politics of the elections; title: Candidate selection in Israel: between the one, the few, and the many / Gideon Rahat; title: Party strategy in the 2006 elections: Kadima, Likud, and Labor / Jonathan Mendilow; title: Patronage and the 2006 elections / Doron Navot; title: Political communication; title: Media coverage of the 2006 campaign: the needs and attitudes of the public vis-a-vis the functioning of the news media / Gabriel Weimann, Yariv Tsfati, Tamir Sheafer; title: The Internet race: parties and the online campaign in the 2006 elections / Nir Atmor; title: List of contributors; title: Index.