344 Pages
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Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
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Routledge
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The power struggle between Ben-Gurion and the Knesset was not primarily concerned with who should hold the reins of power, but with the ideals that should lie behind government. Ben-Gurion did not think that the Knesset had the moral backbone required at a historic turning-point in Israeli history, when the character of the nation was being developed; although he conceded that it was capable of... Read more
Foreword: The Theory of the Status of Legislatures Part One The Establishment of Parliamentary Institutions 1. From the People’s Council to the First Knesset 2. Parliamentary Committees Part Two The Struggle Against the Knesset’s Institutional Power 3. Dissolving the Knesset 4. Investigation of the Government by the Knesset 5. Symbolic Competition Part Three The Struggle Against the Knesset Members 6. The Immunity of Knesset Members 7. Collective Responsibility and Coalition Discipline 8. Intra-Party Politics and Nominations Part Four Parliamentary Style and Conflicts with Political Rivals 9. Attacks on the Knesset and Knesset Members 10. Attacks on the Political Opposition and the Parties
Biography
Giora Goldberg, Bar-Ilan University.
