Dana BlanderDana Blander is a senior researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) in Jerusalem, the editor of IDI's online magazine 'Parliament', and a clinical psychologist. Her research focuses on Israeli politics, specifically civic participation and deiberative democracy, referendums, anti-democratic legislation, public opinion and investigation committees. She received her degrees in Political Science and Psychology from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Her doctoral thesis, 'Ambivalence as a Challenge to The Political Order', won the Hebrew University Berger Prize for academic excellence. Read More Read Less