Political Transformation and Political Entrepreneurs: Israel in Comparative perspective Assaf Meydani Political Transformation and Political Entrepreneurs explores the processes of political transformations in democracies as a result of political entrepreneurs who operate within structural and cultural variables. This book emphasizes two main variables that explain the design and stability of political transformations: first, the level of economic and political stability, and second, the nature of the political culture as demonstrated by society's attitude toward democratic norms. The theoretical framework is examined in the empirical context of the Israeli political system in comparative aspects of institutional changes in Argentina, Italy, and new Zealand. Dr. Assaf Meydani is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and society at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel. His research interests include institutional change, public policy, politics and law, and political economy. Dr. Meydani has been A Visiting Scholar at the Center for New Institutional Science at Washington University of St. Louis, Missouri; and the Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization at the University of California at Berkeley. His articles have appeared in journals such as Policy and Society, International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence, Constitutional Political Economy, Contemporary Security Policy, Israel Studies, Israel Affairs, and Israel Law Review