Open AccessThe Israeli electoral state of mind
Author(s) -
Alon Helled
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
qoe-ijes/quaderni dell'osservatorio elettorale
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2724-4679
pISSN - 0392-6753
DOI - 10.36253/qoe-8534
Subject(s) - geopolitics , state (computer science) , politics , political science , political economy , turnout , trace (psycholinguistics) , perception , focus (optics) , sociology , law , psychology , voting , linguistics , philosophy , physics , optics , algorithm , neuroscience , computer science
The 2015 Israeli general elections provide rare intellectual stimuli to trace and characterize some of the larger sociopolitical stances in Israeli society. Since Israeli politics has undergone many changes over the last decades, a focus on electoral moment unpacks the issues and general perception regarding geopolitics (i.e. the Israeli-Palestinian conflict) and the domestic health of the country (i.e. sociopolitical reforms and policy-developments). This paper aims at analyzing the three main dimensions, which were emphasized during the electoral campaign and the turnout, while it connects them with what we may refer to as the Israeli political "state of mind".