Knesset election 2003: Why Likud regained its political domination and labor continued to fade out

Middle East Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 588-604

  Peretz, Don ^a   Kook, Rebecca ^b   Doron, Gideon ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; POLITICAL CHANGE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0347604751     PISSN: 00263141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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