Electoral Reform in Israel: a Geographer's View
Abstract
This paper sets out to examine some of the difficulties likely to arise as a result of reforms proposed to the Israeli electoral system. The main thrust of the paper is that the geographical implications of reforms in the electoral system have been inadequately considered or understood, if at all, by those who have proposed the changes, mainly politicians and political scientists. Consequently, many of the political implications that are understood to result from electoral reform proposals are in error due to a failure to comprehend all facets of the problem.References
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