Curriculum Vitae

      Personal Details

Name:                                                           Eyal Tevet
Place and Date of Birth:                            Israel, 17.11.1965
Citizenship:                                                 Israeli
Marital Status:                                            Married + 4
Military Service:                                        1983 –1987 (officer in a paratrooper unit)

                                                                  Army Reserve – Deputy Battalion Commander       

Home Address:                                           Haodem  46, p.b 508 Shoham,60850

Phone / Mobile:                                          077-8868616 / 057-7626181

E-Mail Address:                                         eyaltevet@013.net

       Education

B.A., 1999             . The Open University - Israel                                                                                       

Humanities and Social Sciences                                                       

M.A., 2003-2006.             Ben-Gurion University Beer-Sheva – Israel

Public Policy & Administration– Summa Cum Laude
M.A. Dissertation

Advisor:  Prof. Shlomo Mizrahi & Dr. Fany Yuval
Title of M.A. dissertation: "Workers' participation in  the decision making process: Performance Evaluation, Trust, and Democracy - The Case of the Israel Electric Corporation – Jerusalem district"

Ph.D. Student, 2006- Present. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva – Israel

Public Policy & Administration

Ph.D. Dissertation

Advisor: Prof. Shlomo Mizrahi
Title of Ph.D. dissertation: "Institutional Change and Public Policy Ruling In Public Infrastructures Area: The Case of Changing the Structure of Israel`s Electricity Industry"

          Employment

1988 – Present: Israel Electric Company – Strategist Clients Manager ; Jerusalem District

                Scientific Publications

Vigoda-Gadot, E., Mizrahi, S., Miller-Mor, R. and Tevet, E. (2008) "The bureaucracy-democracy tango: a dual – source empirical revalidation by structural equation modeling in the Israeli public sector", Policy and Politics, Vol 36 no 3: 431 - 48

Research Abstract

Until the mid-eighties most of the activity in the infrastructure was carried out by government companies or various government agencies. In the last twenty-five years many institutional changes have occurred in the infrastructure area. Today we find government companies, private companies and partnerships between public companies and private companies (PPP) all active in this area.

This study presents a broad macro picture that explains the factors that have led to these changes and introduces the most significant players in this process of institutional change, particularly in the area of infrastructure. To illustrate these changes, we focus on the electricity sector between 1996 and 2009. To conduct our research, we formulated an integrative theoretical model based on numerous studies of public policy reforms and various theoretical approaches to the analysis and explanation of public policy. An examination of the effect of various variables on the political environment, as well as on the economy and society, will expand the discussion on these issues. Several theories from political economy form the basis for the theoretical framework of this work. We used a variety of theories because there is no single theory capable of fully describing or explaining the changes. We will analyze the major economic institutions in Israel in an attempt to determine the effect of the relationships between the various Institutional.

The research model we developed is rooted in basic assumptions about the dominance of a neo-liberal policy paradigm in the Ministry of Finance. We maintain that the principle of the country's "autonomy" is the basis of the paradigm of the neo-liberal policy. This concept of autonomy refers to the ability of the state to prevent groups within society, such as trade unions, from dictating resource allocations, legislation or policies that are inconsistent with what the state believes are the country's interests. Determinations of the country's interests are made based on the values inherent in the the neo-liberal paradigm.

Our findings enrich the research literature about institutional change, particularly the field that examines change in the infrastructure sector. This study also makes a theoretical contribution to the literature through the two models it proposes for analyzing reforms. The first model is a broad-based model that will allow future analysis of public sector reforms in general. The second model is more concise than the first and offers a tool for analyzing reforms in the infrastructure. Its creation was prompted by the finding that not all of the players or the variables who play a part in the general reforms of the public sector also participate in reforms related to the infrastructure. In addition, we focused in particular on the specific reforms in the electricity sector. Moreover, this study makes a double contribution to the research about political entrepreneurs. First, the study identified the characteristics necessary to function in the area of infrastructure. Second, the study identified another player who has not featured previously in the literature, the obstructionist.

The study makes an additional contribution by pointing out the political initiatives and strategies utilized by those seeking changes in the infrastructure.  These strategies include the use of manipulation and the concealing of information, both of which are designed to limit the political space of the opposition for maneuvering and "lock" the debate in one direction – privatization. As the conditions fostering good governance continue to deteriorate, the ability to use these strategies and lock policy in one direction is growing.  Under these conditions, the power of the bureaucrats in the Finance Ministry is growing at the expense of the power of elected officials. The research also identifies the political strategies used by those who oppose reform. These strategies are  similar to the strategies used by those who support reform and are also affected by the conditions of governance in which the political system operates. In the context of the electricity sector, the research identifies the strategies used by the opponents of reform, who emphasize the impact of global processes to those making policy in this area.  The opponents brought in foreign consultants who cited many examples of the failure of electricity reforms throughout the world. By so doing, they maintained the system's status quo. In addition, the study points out that when it comes to reforms in the infrastructure, the Ministry of Finance, the industrialists and the trade unions share identical interests. Furthermore, the workers' organizations do not object to making changes.

Finally, the study also makes a methodological contribution by creating a database containing the attitudes and specific behavior of most of the players in the field.