Israeli Institutions at the Crossroads

Raphael Cohen-Almagor (ed.)

Forthcoming by Routledge (London: 2005),

and as Special Issue of Israel Affairs Vol. 11, No. 2

(April 2005)

Introduction

            Raphael Cohen-Almagor

General

The Crisis of Governance: Government Instability and the Civil Service

David Nachmias and Ori Arbel-Ganz

Citizenship Education in Israel – A Jewish-Democratic State

            Orit Ichilov, Gavriel Salomon and Dan Inbar

The Military-Political Complex: The IDF’s Influence over Policy towards the Palestinians Since 1987

            Yoram Peri

On the Need for A Constitution

            Meir Shamgar

Institutions

Presidency in Israel: Formal Authority and Personal Experience

            Yitzhak Navon

The Government

            Gad Yaakobi

The Knesset

            Naomi Chazan

The Attorney General in Israel – A Delicate Balance of Powers and Responsibilities in a Jewish and Democratic State

Elyakim Rubinstein

Particularistic Considerations and the Absence of Strategic Assessment in the Israeli Public Administration:  The Role of the State Comptroller

            Eliezer Goldberg

The Press Council

            Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Final Word

Israeli Institutions at the Crossroads

            Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Notes on Contributors

Index