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2. Epilogue: The Road to Better Governance in Modern States.
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Vigoda-Gadot, Eran and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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Towards the end of our journey we try to synthesize the general ideas and rationales, models and findings, we used to present case for better governance in modern democracies. We focused on the need to maintain some balance between the quest for professional, quality-based management of the public sector and the aspiration to safeguard the essential fabric of democratic nations, including democratic values, trust in government, and the authentic participation of citizens in society. Specifically, we emphasize the important role of citizens in maintaining public accountability and responsibility as well as in improving institutional quality. This task is rarely carried out in modern democracies due to the complex interaction of culture, the basic human motivation of self-interest, and mistrust in public institutions. Nevertheless, we suggest that increasing citizens' involvement in public life is a crucial step towards strengthening the democratic order and stress that public administrators can serve as a necessary bridge between citizens and the political system. Administrative innovation and entrepreneurship can and should be the basis for developing trust in government as well as easing the conflict between democracy and bureaucracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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3. Management, Performance, and Democracy in Turbulent Times: An Evidence-Based Analysis.
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Vigoda-Gadot, Eran and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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In the previous chapter we discussed the models of democracy and the prospects of bureaucracy as well as the nexus, some say the paradox, between them. In this chapter we try to draw the lines connecting between those segments of bureaucracy and democracy using a theoretical model and based on an empirical analysis of some of the relationships. First, we present the rationale for our conceptual model and demonstrate the links among its constructs. Then, we offer four layers of empirical analysis based on four separate independent samples. The first sample includes data collected in Israel during 2001–2012. The second consists of data collected at the national level in the US during 2010. The third contains data collected in New Jersey during 2010. The fourth includes data about the attitudes of Israeli citizens towards a nationwide organization–the Israeli National Insurance Institute (INI)–as well as the attitudes of employees in that organization towards their own organization. Finally, we summarize the insights that emerge from these empirical analyses and discuss the implications of the conceptual model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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4. The Bureaucracy-Democracy Paradox Revisited: A Challenge to Democracy in Turbulent Times.
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Vigoda-Gadot, Eran and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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This chapter reviews current epistemological knowledge about bureaucracy and democracy and develops the argument for a
paradox that characterizes their interaction. We will present conceptual approaches to the understanding of bureaucracy and democracy, explain the paradox, and lead the reader through the theoretical thinking that allows the transformation of our ideas into an empirical model that can be tested. An interdisciplinary approach will be used to describe and explain the paradox that has evolved between democracy and bureaucracy in the face of the rapid changes in, risks to, and turbulent events in democracies in the twenty-first century. We defend an eclectic and integrative view that applies knowledge not only from political science or public administration, but also from the fields of sociology, economics, law, communication, management, business, and other disciplines. We believe that this is an effective approach and the vision necessary for building effective governability and modern public management in the democracies of our time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2014
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5. The Relationship Between Citizens and Government in Modern States: Threats and Challenges.
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Vigoda-Gadot, Eran and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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This chapter focuses on the threats to the democratic order. We submit that such threats come not only from external enemies that share anti-democratic ideologies such as fundamentalist Islam, right-wing fascist parties and extremist right social groups, or neo-anarchist groups. An even more insidious threat may come from the lack of systematic managerial thinking in the public sector as well as the failure to adjustment to transformations in the neighborhoods of democracies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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6. Managing the Democratic State: Caught Between Politics and Administration.
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Vigoda-Gadot, Eran and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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One of the old challenges in the management of states and society relates to the relationship between politics and administration or between those who represent collective goals and those who have expertise and knowledge about good management. Plato describes this dilemma, concluding that philosophers who represent the truth and knowledge should also rule (Grube 1974). This dilemma is also present in the writings of many other political thinkers throughout history. In modern states this dilemma relates to the constitutional setting and poses significant political and managerial challenges. This chapter analyzes the complex relationships between politics and administration in two main regards. First, using political economy models, we analyze the inherent, some might say classical, conflict between politicians and bureaucrats as well as the methods of political control over the bureaucracy. We show that indirect control methods that attempt to weaken the bureaucrats' control over resources such as information tend to benefit society more than direct methods that work through benefit-cost calculations. We conclude by highlighting the important role of bureaucratic entrepreneurs in reform processes because they can frequently counter the power of politics and politicians. Finally, we suggest that public administrators are the key intermediaries between the public and politicians and are the main source for restoring trust in the public sector and in the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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7. The Transformation of the Modern State.
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Vigoda-Gadot, Eran and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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Can democracies, especially in times of stress and uncertainty, be managed effectively? If so, with what tools and at what price? This chapter will deal with the core dilemmas of managing modern democracies. We will review the relevant transformations of the modern democratic state that have created such difficult challenges for politicians and policy makers. We will explain why a different, integrative, approach for managing the modern state is so important and what the added value of a solid theoretical framework is in this regard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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8. Prologue: The Conflict Between Good Governance and Open Democracy: A Crisis of Trust.
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Vigoda-Gadot, Eran and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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February 2011 will be remembered in the history of modern nations as the doomsday of Arab regimes in many places across the Middle East. Revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and other Muslim countries reflected the deep crisis of citizens' mistrust in old political arrangements, authoritarian institutions, and corrupt dictatorships. Mistrust in governance and continuous frustration with the lack of social and administrative reforms sent thousands of people into the streets, willing to risk their lives for liberty and the chance of a better life in any type of more open and liberal state. While we write these lines, the outcomes of this revolutionary process are still not clear. Every day brings new surprises and dramatic turnarounds. Nevertheless, the wheel of change has started to move in what seemed only a few weeks ago to be a different planet of political order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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9. FrontMatter.
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Vigoda-Gadot, Eran and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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10. The challenge of diversity management: police reform and the Arab minority in Israel.
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Ben-Porat, Guy, Yuval, Fany, and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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POLICE reform ,POLICE services for minorities ,MINORITIES ,SOCIAL conditions of ethnic groups ,ETHNIC relations ,CRIMINAL justice system ,SOCIAL history ,PREVENTION ,RELIGION - Abstract
Diverse societies present different challenges for police forces that have to gain the trust and legitimacy of minorities. Police forces must develop the ability to engage with diversity and overcome their own biases and prejudices in order to better serve minorities. Police reforms, however, may fail to address the challenge successfully if core problems are not clearly identified. In such a case, reforms may be misdirected and fail to achieve the desired results. This paper, based on a study of the Arab minority in Israel, suggests a bottom-up approach that concentrates on identifying the attitudes of minority groups as the basis for any reform plan. A survey was conducted among Arab citizens to identify general attitudes, perceptions of over-policing and under-policing and assessment of three potential reforms; recruitment of minority members into the police, community involvement in policing, and cultural training for police officers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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11. Political culture, alternative politics and foreign policy: The case of Israel.
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Ben-Porat, Guy and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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POLITICAL culture , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *POLITICIANS , *PUBLIC opinion , *PALESTINIANS , *SOCIAL problems - Abstract
This article analyzes how sociopolitical dynamics within a state can help explaining foreign policy. We show that under certain conditions, the public can be involved in ways that extend beyond expressing opinions that act as constraints on policy makers, and also takes active initiatives that eventually shape foreign policies. The article explains how sociopolitical processes in Israeli society, which transformed the nature of citizen–politician relations from a top-down to a bottom-up orientation, gradually led to shifts in foreign policy regarding the conflict with the Palestinians. The Israeli public has adopted an approach to solving social problems by unilateral initiatives, as part of its attempts to shape foreign policy from the bottom up, due to continuous government failure to provide public services, combined with blocked influence channels. As long as Israeli politicians ignored these changes, they failed to mobilize support for policies imposed from the top down and lost their positions of power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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12. A signaling model of peaceful political change.
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Gavious, Arieh and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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POLITICIANS , *SOCIAL choice , *ACTIVISTS - Abstract
The interaction between social activists and politicians is modeled by a signaling game in which activists send messages and politicians interpret them, attempting to understand the activists' goals. These goals range between extreme radical and very moderate changes that activists wish to achieve in policy or in the political system. The formal model shows the conditions for equilibrium with separating and pooling regions dependent on the type of social activists and the demands they raise. In the pooling region an activist who wants to achieve a certain degree of radical change sends a false signal, thus possibly leading politicians to enter negotiations under unfavorable conditions. This creates a momentum of peaceful political change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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13. A continuous time model of the bandwagon effect in collective action.
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Gavious, Arieh and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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COLLECTIVE behavior , *SOCIAL choice , *WELFARE economics - Abstract
Abstract. The paper offers a complex and systematic model of the bandwagon effect in collective action using continuous time equations. The model treats the bandwagon effect as a process influenced by ratio between the mobilization efforts of social activists and the resources invested by the government to counteract this activity. The complex modeling approach makes it possible to identify the conditions for specific types of the bandwagon effect, and determines the scope of that effect. Relying on certain behavioral assumptions, these conditions are only indirectly connected to individual beliefs, so that a given bandwagon effect can be explained and planned without knowing the exact preferences of the players' preferences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2001
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14. Continuous Time Models of Collective Action and Political Change.
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Gavious, Arieh and Mizrahi, Shlomo
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This paper presents continuous time models for an analysis of dynamic systems using them to examine the complex dynamics of collective action and political change. The study concentrates on the mutual dependence and behavior of two variables over time: the number of citizens participating in collective action, and the amount of resources mobilized by the government to combat such collective action. The models presented highlight the key components that determine outcomes, and allow for planning, of particular dynamics of collective action and political change. Specifically, the proposed models analyze the impact of collective action on the transition toward democracy as well as possible dynamics of revolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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15. Citizens' reactions to global crises: a longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
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Vigoda-Gadot E, Mizrahi S, Cohen N, and Mishor E
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This paper investigated citizens' reactions to global crises using the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment. Theories in this field are controversial and thus knowledge on such reactions, their evolution, drivers, and consequences is limited. Building on several socio-psychological foundations such as trust building theories, the fear appeal theory, the theory of planned behavior, and the spillover theory, we explain developments in three major human responses: (1) perceptual and attitudinal responses such as trust in governance and interpersonal trust; (2) emotional responses such as fear of crises; and (3) behavioral responses such as civic engagement. Using a longitudinal design, we tracked the attitudes and behaviors of Israeli citizens over 22 months (7/2019-3/2021) and at four points in time (t1-t4). Findings are based on a time-lagged analysis of 3527 participants (n
1 = 602; n2 = 750; n3 = 970; n4 = 1205), and a more focused analysis of panel data (n1-4 = 256). In accordance with our theoretical foundations and specific models, we revealed a reaction pattern of shock→recognition→adjustment→reframing. We maintain that our findings improve understanding of citizens' reactions to government policies. They provide unique empirical evidence for resilience among citizens and across social structures which testify to bouncing-back capacities from global crises in various ways. Its lessons may thus direct future studies on the relationship between citizens and governments in other global crises and emergencies., Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43545-023-00610-0., Competing Interests: Conflict of interestAll authors declare no conflict of interest., (© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.)- Published
- 2023
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