Collegial Democracy versus Personal Democracy: ’We’ the People or ’I’ the People?

This book examines two patterns of democracy - collegial and personal - through a comprehensive comparison of political institutions.

Chen Friedberg is a senior lecturer in the Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science Department at Ariel University and a research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.

Gideon Rahat heads the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, where he holds the Gersten Family Chair in Political Science. He is also a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.