@article{1443211,
      recid = {1443211},
      author = {Golan-Nadir, Niva,},
      title = {Public preferences and institutional designs : Israel and  Turkey compared /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {A fascinating comparison of two countries that maintain  marriage policies only a minority of the population prefers  Golan-Nadir offers a provocative account with implications  for how policies are designed and maintained in  democracies.-Margaret Levi, Professor of Political Science,  Stanford University Social scientists interested in  institutional development, the interplay between law and  politics, and public administration will benefit from  reading this original work.-John V.C. Nye, Professor of  Economics and Bastiat Chair in Political Economy, George  Mason University In her analysis of marriage regulation in  Turkey and Israel, Niva Golan-Nadir goes beyond existing  accounts of state responsiveness gaps and charts new  territory by revealing the institutional politics of why  states do not meet their citizens needs. Public Preferences  and Institutional Designs is a must read for everyone  interested in the complex relationship between state and  religion.-Fritz Sager, Professor of Political Science,  University of Bern This book explores the existence of gaps  between public preferences and institutional designs in  democracies, specifically in cases in which such gaps are  maintained for a long period of time without being  challenged by the electorate. Gaps such as these can be  seen in the complex relations between the state and  religion in Israel and Turkey, and more specifically in  their policies on marriage. This line of investigation is  interesting both theoretically and empirically, as despite  their differing policies both Israel and Turkey share a  similar pattern of institutional dynamics. Existing  explanations for this phenomenon suggest either civil  society-based arguments or intra-institutional dynamics as  reasons for the maintenance of such gaps. This book  enriches our understanding of policy dynamics in democratic  systems by introducing a third line of argument, one that  emphasizes the effective role state institutions play in  maintaining such arrangements for long periods of time,  often against the public will. Niva Golan-Nadir is a  Research Associate at the University at Albany, SUNY, USA,  and a teaching faculty member at the Reichman University  (IDC Herzliya) and The Open University of Israel.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1443211},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84554-4},
}