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Beyond the security vs. liberty paradigm: an analysis of ‘security’ politics in Israel

par Weinblum, Sharon
Editeur scientifique Yoav, Peled;Noah, Lewin-Epstein,;Guy, Mundlak;Jean, Cohen
Référence Democratic Citizenship and War, Routledge, London and New York, Vol. Democratic Citizenship and War, Democratic Citizenship and War, page (54-73)
Publication Publié, 2010

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The article challenges the common idea that security policies are the outcome of a securityliberty balance and offers a new way of analysing security policies. Drawing on the advocacy coalition framework, it shows through an analysis of debates on citizenship laws taken in the name of security, that security policies are the outcome of a struggle between conflicting belief systems where the policy core pertains to general political orientations, while the deep core is the ideal regime of the policy makers. Through a discourse analysis, the chapter reveals that three belief systems based on three different core values have been in conflict in the Israeli parliamentary arena: one based on a universal democracy, one on a majoritarian democracy and one on an ethnocratic regime deep core. Whereas the majoritarian advocacy coalition was more importantly represented in the parliament than the others, the policy-core of this belief system appeared to be in line with the policy-core of the ethnocratic belief system, hence leading to the legitimisation and institutionalisation of the legislative devices introduced by the majoritarian advocacy coalition. Analysing security policies through this theoretical framework allows grasping the dynamic processes of policy making in security politics and the possible alliance between different political groups.