Steering the Polity : Communication and Politics in Israel

Examines a political system as a network of communication. This analysis includes, but does not limit itself to, the relationship between political institutions and the mass media. Rather, it takes into account how all channels of information to and from centres of power work, how that information flows, and the impact that it has. Galnoor regards the process of decision-making in society as being essentially a problem for communication studies. Israel is used as a case study. The book begins with a proposal for a theory of political communication, drawing on the ideas of Karl Deutsch. A brief overview of Israeli society and politics follows. The following six chapters appply this theoretical framework to Israel's political development. Galnoor makes a distinction between political development per se, and democratic development, which he believes can be distinguished through an analysis of selected political variables in communication terms. Israel's democratic development is the subject of the next two chapters. Galnoor regards the process of decision-making in society as being essentially a problem from communication studies. His synthesis of politics and communication may be the basis for truly comparative studies of how decisions to use power are made.Galnoor, Itzhak is the author of 'Steering the Polity : Communication and Politics in Israel' with ISBN 9780835784634 and ISBN 0835784630.