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Who is for Kids and Who is just Kidding? Members of the Israeli Knesset's Activities on Children's Issues between 1990–2001

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2002

Asher Ben-Arieh
Affiliation:
The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Email: [email protected]

Abstract

This article reports the findings of a study which explored the activities of members of four Israeli Knessets (MKs) between 1990 and 2001 (the 12th to the 15th Knessets), and sought to explore possible connections between their activities in relation to child welfare and a number of social and political variables. The study was based on archival and quantitative data pertaining to MKs' activities. A short overview of the Israeli political system and the child welfare policy arena is presented, focusing on the changes they both went through between 1990 and 2001. The variety of MKs' activities on issues concerning children are described and possible connections between social and political variables and their activities are explored.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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