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Competing Values and Policy Choices: Israeli Public Opinion on Foreign and Security Affairs

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  • Shamir, Michal
  • Arian, Asher

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Value hierarchies structure people's position on specific issues when values are in conflict. This general proposition is tested using surveys of Israeli public opinion on issues relating to the Israeli–Arab conflict. Value priorities are shown to be politically and ideologically structured, and not random, with certain value combinations more prevalent and more enduring than others. Most importantly, we establish that people's value hierarchies significantly structure policy preferences and changes therein. The more salient or acute the value conflict, the greater the correspondence between hierarchy and preference. This value trade-off approach presents a picture of Israeli public opinion which is very different from that usually portrayed: of a population firmly supporting a Jewish majority in their state, with a very strong desire for peace. The values of land and democracy are shown to be much less important.

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  • Shamir, Michal & Arian, Asher, 1994. "Competing Values and Policy Choices: Israeli Public Opinion on Foreign and Security Affairs," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(2), pages 249-271, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:24:y:1994:i:02:p:249-271_00
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    1. Julia Elad-Strenger & Brian J Hall & Stevan E Hobfoll & Daphna Canetti, 2021. "Explaining public support for violence against politicians during conflict: Evidence from a panel study in Israel," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 58(3), pages 417-432, May.
    2. Gilad Be’ery & Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, 2015. "God and the Welfare State - Substitutes or Complements? An Experimental Test of the Effect of Belief in God's Control," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(6), pages 1-27, June.
    3. Julia Elad-Strenger & Golan Shahar, 2018. "Revisiting the Effects of Societal Threat Perceptions on Conflict-related Positions," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 62(8), pages 1753-1783, September.

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