Les groupes politiques marginaux en Israël. Caractéristiques et fonctions

Abstract

Applying the marginality concept would appear particularly valid in the case of Israël, a pluralisme Society based on a wide consensus, but including many extremist groups with widely varying ideological stances. As the three main political forces in the countrv — socialist, anti-socialist and religious — have become " catch-all parties ", some of the small parties have become marginal and are no longer part of the consensus. The prEsent studv seeks first to classify these marginal forces (liminal and anti-system groups) according to the components of thé consensus against which they stand, and then to determine some of their main shared characteristics : ideological strength. length of existence, sociological base. As regards their role in relation to the Israeli political System, it seems that far from disturbing it, these small groups paradoxically contribute to ils stability.