Presidential political systems and contemporary administrative reform: Israelʼs “semi-presidentialism” as a natural experiment
International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior
ISSN: 1093-4537
Article publication date: 1 March 1998
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
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.