A brief explainer on why Ultra Orthodox Jewish parties matter in Israeli politics.
Some examples from the last couple of weeks include - attempting to limit media application use on Shabbat, gender segregation in academia (passed key legislative stages)
https://t.co/G1cQsHZ32s
What is the political impact of military service and reserve duty on women's political participation in Israel?
In terms of formal politics - we don't see a relationship
https://t.co/N72P7w3nWy
I have long argued that Israeli generals make terrible politicians, I have written about this before, and here is another piece on the topic
https://t.co/Uh4euia1Ks
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כשהיינו ילדים, לימדו אותנו שביריונות היא דבר רע
ההורים והמורות שלנו לימדו אותנו שאסור לעמוד מנגד אם אנחנו רואים ביריון מתנהג באלימות ונטפל לילד קטן או שונה ממנו
אבל כשהביריון הוא חלש ופתטי זה יכול לפעמים לבלבל
במיוחד אם רוב האלימות שלו היא בכלל לא פיזית
שרשור על שי גליק
How does women's marginality in parliament impact their advocacy for gender-related issues? Our new @BJPolS article examines this dynamic using data on Israeli legislators from 1977–2015, revealing insights into the interplay between individual & group marginalization.
Now in @apsrjournal: What do politicians think about their voters? Fielding face-to-face surveys to 982 sitting politicians in 11 countries, and surveys of 12,000 citizens, we find they have remarkably consistent - and cynical - theories of voters: /1
https://t.co/RRVjarAb8M
Excited to be giving a talk at the Taub Center at NYU tomorrow October 17th on my new research on Palestinian Women in Israeli politics at the national and local level! Increasing ethnonational populism and democratic erosion has occurred alongside -->
The growing electoral strength of Palestinians in Israel and small but significant increases of Palestinian women in politics. Why do we see these changes in Palestinian politics within Israel now? I discuss early stage insights and findings. #Gender#Palestinian#Politics
Now forthcoming! The 2022 Israeli elections stand out as a turning point in the country’s political history. Our book examines these elections through various theoretical perspectives and diverse research designs and data sources. More soon:
https://t.co/Sid7ANu4sP
In this new PAR article, with @rasulke2 and David Levi-Faur we show that in polarized political contexts people's idenities as coalition or opposition supporters shape their attraction to work in government.
https://t.co/7BYNC4WtKh
Deputy speaker of the Knesset Nissim Vaturi of the likud party is calling for rescinding the citizenship of the executive director of human rights organization btselem after she spoke critically about Israeli military action at the UN. He claims she committed breach of trust.
From our new issue: "International Rewards for Gender Equality Reforms in Autocracies" by Sarah Bush (@sarahsunnbush), Daniela Donno (@donnodaniela), and Pär Zetterberg (@zetterberg_par) #ASPRNewIssue.
https://t.co/KGFLSIzpjH
התראיינתי לרדיו ודיברתי על התקשורת, פוליטיקאיות, וקאמלה האריס.
Did an interview on Israeli public radio about women politicians, the media, and Harris.
https://t.co/uLqrgZywb0
Dichotomous framing is always a power move, always establishing hierarchies, always signaling that some ppl have more value than others. We should resist this framing always.