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- Title
The Movement Against Democratic Backsliding in Israel.
- Authors
Shultziner, Doron
- Abstract
The movement against democratic backsliding in Israel was perhaps the most powerful social movement that Israel has seen, spanning over 3 months. It is credited with halting the right‐wing coalition's anti‐democratic constitutional and judicial reforms. The paper analyzes and highlights key factors in the origins, protest, and outcome stages of the movement. The movement is interesting in how experiences and personal challenges of negative emotions were addressed and overcome by protesting. The movement is also marked by a strategy that helped separate local protest initiatives to coalesce into national disruption events. The most effective forms of pressure are analyzed: resistance headquarters, direct pressures on politicians, pressures by army veteran volunteers, the public involvement of experts, favorable media coverage, and pressures from international players. The movement's impact on stopping the legislation and turning public opinion against the government coalition is finally observed, alongside suggestions for future research.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; PUBLIC demonstrations; SOCIAL movements; COALITION governments; CONSTITUTIONAL reform; JUDICIAL reform; PUBLIC opinion; PROTEST movements
- Publication
Sociological Forum, 2023, Vol 38, Issue 3, p896
- ISSN
0884-8971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/socf.12921