Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Prof.

Authored books

1. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., (2020) Visions of Democracy and Peace in Occupied Japan. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (imprint of Rowman and Littlefield). 

Edited books

1. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., N. Otmazgin, & A. Levkowitz (Eds.), (2015). Japan's multilayered democracy. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (imprint of Rowman and Littlefield).
2. Bonny-Noach, H., S. Nathan, & S. Ben-Rafael Galanti (Eds.), (2018). Young adults in Israel: Research and fieldwork. Beit Berl: Beit Berl College. (Hebrew) 

Special Issues of Journals

1. Ben-Rafael Galanti S., & Yuval F. (2020) Innovations in Israeli Politics, Special Issue, Israel Studies Review, 35(3). 

Articles in refereed journals

1. Ben-Rafael E., & Ben-Rafael, S. (1992). Israeli students' discourse about Europe. International Journal of Sociology, Special Issue: Europe Beyond Geography, 22(1), 153-172.
2. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., Aaronson, W. E., & Schnell, Y. (2001). Power and changes in the balance between ideology and pragmatism in the rightwing Likud party. GeoJournal, 53(3), 263-272.
3. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2008). The demand to remilitarize Japan as a critical test for Japan's democratization. Politika, 16, 145–171. (Hebrew)
4. Galanti, S. B. (2008). From the margins to a continuous governing position: The miracle of the Israeli rightist Likud elite. World Political Science Review, 4(1), 1-32. Won the Israeli Political Science Association's prize for best article 2008.
5. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2010). Judicial review in Japan – A limited mechanism or an agent of democratization? Politics, Culture and Socialization, 1, 5-19.  
6. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., & Pauker, A (2014). Fluid sectoralism and the present-day Kibbutz. Politics, Culture and Socialization, 4(2), 183-202.
7. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., & Levkowitz, A. (2015). Attitudes towards Judicial Review in Japan and the Republic of South Korea: Indications for the existence of a liberal-democratic civic culture. International Review of Sociology, 225(2), 318-332.
8. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., & Levkowitz, A. (2016). Learning about attitudes to civic education from school textbooks: Presenting Israel as a 'Jewish and democratic state. Meitan Higher Education, 1, 13-18. (Chinese)
9. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., Carmel, P. & Levkowitz, A. (2020) Innovations in Israel's civics textbooks: enlightening trends in non-Western democracies. Israel Studies Review, 35(3), 52-71.
10. Ben-Rafael Galanti S., Yuval F., & Maydani A. (2020) Innovation in Israel: Between Politics, Society and Culture, Israel Studies Review, 35(3), 1-10. Q1 

Chapters in scientific books

1.      Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2007). Political elites on the right – the Likud. In E. Ben-Rafael & Y. Sternberg (Eds.), New elites in Israel (pp. 43-70). Jerusalem: Bialik Institute. (Hebrew)

2.      Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2008). The emperor in the constitutional debate. In B. Shillony (Ed.), Handbook of the emperors of modern Japan (pp. 299-312). Leyden: Brill.

3.      Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2009). The Israeli labor movement and the kibbutz sector. In E. Ben-Rafael & M. Topel (Eds.), The Kibbutz on Ways Apart (pp. 154-173). Jerusalem: Bialik Institute. (Hebrew)

4.      Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2009). The memory of the Second World War and the essence of 'New Japan:' The parliamentary debate over Japan's democratic constitution. In G. Podoler (Ed.), War and militarism in modern Japan: issues of history and identity (pp. 129-140). Folkstone: Global Oriental (imprint of Brill).

5.      Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2011). The 'miraculous Likud' or the 'Polish formula'. In M. Misztal & P. Troyanski (Eds.), Poles and Jews: History, culture, education (pp. 57-77). Krakow: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UP.

6.      Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., with Pauker, A. (2011). Kibbutz sector and Israel's present-day political elite. In E. Ben-Rafael et al. (Eds.), The risk of enduring (pp. 223-248). Jerusalem: Magnes. (Hebrew)

7.      Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., & Levkowitz, A. (2014). Checks and balances between the concepts of 'Jewish State' and 'Democracy' in civic studies' high school textbooks. In N. Nave & Y. Harel (Eds.), Gate Keepers of Civics pp. 5-27. Reches Academic. (Hebrew)

8.      Otmazgin, N., Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., Levkowitz, A. (2015). Introduction: Japan's multilayered democracy. In S. Ben-Rafael Galanti, N. Otmazgin, & A. Levkowitz (Eds.), Japan's multilayered democracy (pp. 1-20). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (imprint of Rowman and Littlefield).  

9.      Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2015). Japan's remilitarization debate and the projection of democracy. In S. Ben-Rafael Galanti, N. Otmazgin, & A. Levkowitz (Eds.), Japan's multilayered democracy (pp. 89-103). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (imprint of Rowman and Littlefield).  

10.  Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2016). The Likud as a dominant power and Israel's post-1977 infrastructure. In Ben-Rafael et al. (Eds.), Handbook of Israel: The major debates (pp. 489-504). Berlin: De Gruyter.

11.  Ben-Rafael, E., Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2017). Israel-Palestine: Concrete fences and fluid borders. In A. Gasparini (Ed.), The walls between conflict and peace (pp. 217-237). Leyden: Brill.

12.  Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2017). Similarities between Polish phyletist nationalism and pro-religious Revisionist Zionism as the backdrop for the Revisionists' survival and success. In L.T. Sroka, & B. Brotin (Eds.), Polish-Israeli Cooperation Experience (pp. 64-81). Krakow: Wydawnictowo Naukowe UP.

13.  Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., Pauker, A., & Hishrik, M. (2020). A  sector searches for its essence. In E. Ben-Rafael & O. Shemer, Kibbutz 2020. )pp. 289-326). Yad Tabenkin & the University of Haifa. (Hebrew)

14.  Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., Pauker, A. & Hisherik, M. (2020). The Post-crisis Kibbutz and Its Relations with the Political Arena. In E. Ben-Rafael et al. (Eds.), The Metamorphosis of the Kibbutz. (166-180). Leiden: Brill.  

Non-Academic Publications

1. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., & Levkowitz, A. (2011). Israel as a Jewish and a democratic state according to learning materials and textbooks. In Y. Harel (Ed.), From Shoah to human rights (pp. 13-16). Israel National Commission for UNESCO.
2. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (15 March 2011). Yesh Kan Hizdamnut (There is an opportunity here) (Premier Kan on the 2011 tsunami). Yediot. (Hebrew)
3. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (30 October 2012). Beit patuach (Open House: the Likud's unification with the extreme Right) Maariv. (Hebrew)

Research Report

1. Kefir, D., Mero, I., Arafat, S., Hisherik, M. & Ben-Rafael Galanti S. (2014). Combining Courses. Educational and Social Research Center, Beit Berl College.   

Refereed articles in conference proceedings

1. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. & Levkowitz, A. (2013). Judicial review in Israel and Japan as agents of democratization. In H. Grinshpun, S. Bejarano & N. Otmazgin (Eds.), Special issue: Japanese studies in Israel as micro-cosmos of Japanese studies in other parts of the world. The Israeli Association for Japanese Studies. 

Entries in encyclopedia

1. Neuberger, B., & Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2007). Israeli non-religious parties and state-religion relations in Israel. In Y. Yovel et al. (Eds.), New Jewish Time (pp. 479-489). Jerusalem: Keter. (Hebrew)

Other scientific publications

1. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S. (2016). The Likud era: Ideas meet reality. Mifgeshey Tarbut, 5. 33-43. (Hebrew)
   

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