Public Preferences and Institutional Designs : Israel and Turkey Compared

1. Enduring Gaps between Public Preferences and Institutional Designs -- 2. Conceptualizing Enduring Gaps between Public Preferences and Institutional Designs -- 3. Researching Enduring Gaps in Comparative Research: The Data, the Methods, and the Cases -- 4. The Israeli Case: Israel’s Formation of Religious State Institutions -- 5. The Israeli Case: The Lack of Societal Pressure to Modify the Religious Marriage Policy -- 6. The Israeli Case: The Use of Institutional Pressure Relief Valves -- 7. The Turkish Case—Turkey’s Formation of Secular State Institutions -- 8. The Turkish Case: The Lack of Societal Pressure to Modify Secular Marriage Policy -- 9. The Turkish Case—The Use of Institutional Pressure Relief Valves -- 10. Conclusion.