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Presidential political systems and contemporary administrative reform: Israelʼs “semi-presidentialism” as a natural experiment

David H. Rosenbloom, Zeev Segal

International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior

ISSN: 1093-4537

Article publication date: 1 March 1998

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Abstract

How suitable is the New Public Management (NPM), which developed in parliamentary systems, to presidential democracies? The answer is important to reform efforts in the U.S. federal government and in several Latin American nations. According to Fred Riggs, the requirements of successful public administration in “presidentialist” and parliamentary systems differ considerably. Israelʼs experience with reform presents a natural experiment that supports Riggs” theory of presidentialisi administration. Israel embarked on NPM-style reforms when it was a pure parliamentary democracy. Its reform program was revised in ways that fit Riggsʼ prescriptions for presidentialism after the country adopted major electoral and structural changes that made it “semi-presidentialist.” Although a single case study of limited duration, the Israeli experience suggests that there is a distinctive logic to presidentialist administration that is readily understood by government officials who perforce must assess the demands of constitutional structure on administrative arrangements.

Citation

Rosenbloom, D.H. and Segal, Z. (1998), "Presidential political systems and contemporary administrative reform: Israelʼs “semi-presidentialism” as a natural experiment", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 1 No. 4, pp. 437-458. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-01-04-1998-B003

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 1998 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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