Effects of Religious Identity and Ethnicity on the Israeli-Jewish Electorate
| Autor: | Yasmin Alkalay, Tom Aival, Ephraim Yuchtman-Yaar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
021110 strategic defence & security studies History Sociology and Political Science Judaism 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Ethnic group Gender studies 02 engineering and technology Religious identity 0506 political science Political science 050602 political science & public administration |
| Zdroj: | Israel Studies Review. 33:1-20 |
| ISSN: | 2159-0389 2159-0370 |
| DOI: | 10.3167/isr.2018.330302 |
| Popis: | Ethnicity and religious identity are two major interrelated cleavages within the Israeli-Jewish electorate. Previously, ethnicity’s effect had a stronger impact on voting patterns, while today religious identity is more influential. Former studies conceived religious identity in terms of levels of observance, such as Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox. We claim that each of these groups has unique characteristics independent of degree of religious identity. To test this hypothesis, we measure religious identity as a nominal variable, applying an interactive model that compares the effects of the pairings of religious identity and ethnicity to a common baseline. Data from before the 2015 elections reveal that religious identity has stronger effects than ethnicity: religious groups support the right more than the secular. However, the ultra-Orthodox tend to support the right to a lesser extent than other religious groups. In closing, we compare the role of religious identity in Israel to its status in today’s world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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