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2. Locating Israeli and Indian Parties and Party Systems

Author : Sunil K. Choudhary

Published in: The Changing Face of Parties and Party Systems

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

While the parties and party systems have undergone transformations and witnessed downturns across the globe, the Israeli and the Indian parties and party systems have retained their central place in the parliamentary politics. The competitive electoral politics and the re-alignment of the electorate—characterized as Matz’biya and Matdata in Israel and India, respectively—have necessitated major changes in the ideological postulates and strategic postures of parties in the two nations. One could see perceptible changes in the political platforms of the pan parties in these two parliamentary democracies where centrist orientations have come to guide their policies and programs.

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Footnotes
1
Histadrut, the General Federation of Labor, was the umbrella organization in Israel comprising workers of different ideological shades. Though it was formed in the pre-independence period, it came to occupy a significant position in the post-independence political history of Israel.
 
2
The term Mapaivot is coined by the author and reflects a combination of Mapai and Pivot. The term will be explained in detail in the following chapters.
 
3
The Janata Parivar comprised five components of anti-Congress parties—Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress O, Socialists, Congress for Democracy and Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
 
4
TINA refers to There Is No Alternative.
 
5
The idea of ‘Four Mems’ was coined by Gil Stern (Jerusalem Post, 17 February 2015) arguing for the case of Third Way in Israeli Polity. The author added the fifth M, Maz’biya, showing the inclination and orientation of young Israeli voters toward issues of peace, prosperity and governance, particularly in the context of Israeli-Palestinian relations in the twenty-first century.
 
6
Political Manifesto of BJP as NDA in 1996 didn’t include the core issues of the party like building of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Article 370 dealing with Jammu and Kashmir and Uniform Civil Code for all communities, including the Muslims.
 
7
The success of Yash Atid could be seen as one such attempt where the former journalist Yair Lapid set up the party in 2012 in an attempt to bring together the secular middle classes of Israeli society. In India, the formation of AIADMK by M.G. Ramachandran in 1972, and later headed by J. Jayalalitha, and Telugu Dessam Party by N.T. Rama Rao in 1982 are some examples. Moreover, there are many examples where national and state parties have given tickets to the lead media and film celebrities to win over the voters. While BJP had cine stars of the Indian cinema, Dharmendra and Hema Malini, Congress roped in Raj Babbar and Nagma, and Samajwadi Party used Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan and Jaya Prada in national elections.
 
8
Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as heads of the Congress, Raj Thackray as the leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Akhilesh Yadav heading the Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s sons Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, respectively, as the current Deputy Chief Minister and the Minister of Health in the State Government of Bihar are some of the examples.
 
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Metadata
Title
Locating Israeli and Indian Parties and Party Systems
Author
Sunil K. Choudhary
Copyright Year
2018
Publisher
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5175-3_2