02833namaa2200421uu 4500 doab95745 oapen 20260305123953.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 230105s2023 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9781003267911 9781003267911 9781032213392 9781032213408 10.4324/9781003267911 doi oapen oapen eng dc Shamir, Michal edt The Elections in Israel, 2019-2021 Taylor & Francis 2023 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star The 16th book in The Elections in Israel series, this book covers an extraordinary political event of having four national elections in two years, which were much (but not all) about one person, "King Bibi." Analyzing Israel's national elections from 2019 to 2021, this book argues the four elections became, to a large extent, a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, the incumbent prime minister and head of the Likud party, facing investigations, a hearing, and indictment on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Thus, the first part of the book is dedicated to political personalization and to Netanyahu himself. The second part of the volume covers the traditional actors in parliamentary elections: voters, parties, and the mass media. The book relies on empirical analysis, including extensive use of the Israel National Election Studies data; on theoretical rigor; and on the contextualization of the elections from comparative and long-term perspectives. The book should interest students and researchers of Israeli politics and society, electoral studies, and the crisis of democracy more generally. Many chapters will be of interest to political science, communications and sociology students and scholars who study themes that are prominent on the academic and public agenda including political personalization and personalized politics, populism, party decline, and democratic backsliding. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Elections; Israel; King Bibi; Netanyahu; populism; democracy thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies Rahat, Gideon edt Rahat, Gideon oth Shamir, Michal oth DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95745 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 93206 93206