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From Nationalized Ownership and Provision to Privatization in Israel: The Politics of Institutional Change

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The Privatization of Israel

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Privatization in Israel constitutes a major institutional transformation. This chapter employs historical institutionalism and discursive institutionalism to reveal the political conditions and factors that facilitated Israeli privatization and the processes through which the various dimensions of privatization have been taking place. Accordingly, the analysis focuses on how political and economic crises, neoliberal ideas, and gradual change processes like institutional layering and drift have, together, contributed to the consolidation of privatization as a central policy practice in contemporary Israel. The chapter concludes by briefly discussing the political possibilities for, and hurdles facing, a future retreat from privatization policy in Israel.

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  1. School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

    Ronen Mandelkern

  2. Chazan Center, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem, Israel

    Ronen Mandelkern

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  2. School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

    Ronen Mandelkern

  3. The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem, Israel

    Itzhak Galnoor

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Mandelkern, R. (2018). From Nationalized Ownership and Provision to Privatization in Israel: The Politics of Institutional Change. In: Paz-Fuchs, A., Mandelkern, R., Galnoor, I. (eds) The Privatization of Israel. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58261-4_15

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