Institutional Change as an Interaction between Political and Social Players -- The Role of Political Entrepreneurs -- Political Entrepreneurs and Institutional Change: The Case of Basic Law: The Government (1992) -- Political Entrepreneurs Institutional Change: Cancellation of the Direct Election of the Prime Minister -- Comparative Aspects of Institutional Changes: the Cases of Argentina, Italy and New Zealand -- Summary and Conclusions -- Institutional Changes in Israel -- Institutional Changes -- A Comparative Perspective
Summary
This study explores the processes of political transformations in democracies as a result from the actions of Political Entrepreneurs who operate within structural and cultural variables. This study emphasize two main variables that explain the design and stability of political transformations: First, the level of economic and political stability, and second, the nature of the political culture as demonstrated by society's attitudes toward democratic norms. The theoretical framework is being examined in the empirical context of the Israeli political system in comparative aspects of institutional changes in Argentina, Italy and New Zealand
