ABSTRACT
This chapter describes that there are two key variables explaining the design of an institutional change-the level of governability and the extent of a liberal political culture in a given society. It explains that a low level of governability and a low level of liberal political culture among the public lead to the triumph of short-term considerations among political entrepreneurs. The chapter also claims that a formal institutional change is an equilibrium that results from the actions of political entrepreneurs seeking to maximize their own electoral capital against the backdrop of those structural and cultural variables. It describes the political entrepreneurship as both a dependent and an independent variable. The chapter reviews the literature on political entrepreneurship, explaining the process of institutional change while presenting the model based on shared mental models and political entrepreneurship. It specifies the structural and cultural variables in Israel that imposed short-term considerations among political entrepreneurs.
