ABSTRACT
By now something about the basic cultural, economic, and social undergirding of the Israeli political system should be clear. As noted earlier, a political system usually evolves out of a complex of more basic social behaviors in such a way that forms of government concord in their structure and function with the accustomed rhythms, expectations, and attitudes of social life. The keys to such concordance are mainly the definition of legitimate authority and the hierarchy of social statuses. If political structure reflects culture in these areas, and if it functions in accord with cultural expectations, then people tend to see the political system, whatever its flaws, as representative and legitimate in the broadest sense.
