Locating Israeli and Indian Parties and Party Systems

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.