Ben-Gurion Against the Knesset

ISBN-13: 9781138870123 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 344 str.

Giora Goldberg

Opis

Professor Goldberg examines the power struggle between Ben-Gurion and the Knesset. This struggle was not primarily concerned with who should hold the reigns of power, but with the ideals that should lie behind the government.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Giora Goldberg, Bar-Ilan University.