The Israeli Case: Israel’s Formation of Religious State Institutions

Niva Golan-Nadir ()
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Niva Golan-Nadir: The University at Albany, SUNY

Chapter Chapter 4 in Public Preferences and Institutional Designs, 2022, pp 65-87 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Golan-Nadir explores the first case study, the case of Israel, which reveals an intriguing political phenomenon, namely, the ability of institutional designs to endure overtime despite diverging preferences of the majority of the population. The Israeli Case—Israel’s Formation of Religious State Institutions—begins with the examination of the Israeli institutional formation at state building (1948), while indicating that since statehood the Israeli marriage policy has been governed by an Orthodox monopoly, which allowed religious marriage as the only statutory option in the country. It shows it was initiated to protect the unity between Jews and Israel. Finally, the chapter demonstrates the legislative stagnation on marriage policy in the seven decades of Israeli independence, as reflected through Knesset law making and other parliamentary procedures.

Keywords: State building; Jewish; Ben-Gurion; Religion; Zionist; Legitimacy; Marriage regulation; Knesset; Stagnation; Israel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84554-4_4

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