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March 1, 2024Israeli Studies ReviewOpen Access

The Democratic Backsliding Debate and the Controversy over Regime Classification in Israel

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GAGal ArielyBen-Gurion University of the Negev

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Implication

Case analysis uncovers conflicting democratic assumptions during Israel's judicial overhaul, highlighting how unexamined regime borders undermine standard classifications.

Key Points

  • Conflicting assumptions regarding liberal democracy and ethnic democracy drive opposing interpretations of the 2023 judicial overhaul, while obscuring structural border questions.
  • Both majoritarian and liberal factions classify the contested state as a Western-equivalent democracy, overlooking how territorial borders alter regime classification categories.
  • Analysis of the 2023 judicial overhaul controversy demonstrates that theoretical debates on democratic backsliding remain incomplete without delineating sovereign territorial boundaries.

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Gal Ariely (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e764abb6db6435876da963https://doi.org/10.3167/isr.2024.390104
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