Prime Minister Ytzhak Rabin against the settlers : a stakeholder analysis
By: DRORI, Israel
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Contributor(s): WEIZMANN, Chaim.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, March / April 2007Public Administration Review: PAR 67, 2, p. 302-314Abstract: This case study considers how a minority stakeholder group of Israeli settlers blocked Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabins peace initiatives. Drawing on interviews with those who served in Rabins administration and with the settlers leaders, this article contends that the prime ministers use of adversarial public rhetoric against the settlers denied the legitimacy of an influential stakeholder group, triggering a backlash of intense militancy from the right-wing minority. This, coupled with Rabins failure to deal with opposing coalitions, diminished his capacity to implement "land for peace" initiatives. The case illustrates a leaders failure to maintain adequate forms of engagement with key stakeholders. The accompanying analysis demonstrates that stakeholder theories, though incomplete in their existing forms, can still illuminate the high risk and ineffectiveness of denying the legitimacy of stakeholder groups and the strategic importance of maintaining channels of flexible negotiation and cooperation with seemingly marginal groups when high-stakes rivalries are likely to ensue
This case study considers how a minority stakeholder group of Israeli settlers blocked Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabins peace initiatives. Drawing on interviews with those who served in Rabins administration and with the settlers leaders, this article contends that the prime ministers use of adversarial public rhetoric against the settlers denied the legitimacy of an influential stakeholder group, triggering a backlash of intense militancy from the right-wing minority. This, coupled with Rabins failure to deal with opposing coalitions, diminished his capacity to implement "land for peace" initiatives. The case illustrates a leaders failure to maintain adequate forms of engagement with key stakeholders. The accompanying analysis demonstrates that stakeholder theories, though incomplete in their existing forms, can still illuminate the high risk and ineffectiveness of denying the legitimacy of stakeholder groups and the strategic importance of maintaining channels of flexible negotiation and cooperation with seemingly marginal groups when high-stakes rivalries are likely to ensue
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