| Description |
xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. An overview of postwar Japanese politics / Steven R. Reed and Kay Shimizu -- 2. Avoiding a two-party system : the Liberal Democratic Party versus Duverger's Law / Steven R. Reed and Kay Shimizu -- 3. Has the electoral-system reform made Japanese elections party-centered? / Ko Maeda -- 4. Pork barrel politics and partisan realignment in Japan / Jun Saito -- 5. Declining electoral competitiveness in Japan : postreform trends and theoretical pessimism / Robert J. Weiner -- 6. How Koizumi won / Chao-Chi Lin -- 7. How long are Koizumi's coattails? Party-leader visits in the 2005 election / Kenneth Mori McElwain -- 8. Two steps forward, one step back : Japanese postal privatization as a window on political and policymaking change / Patricia L. Maclachlan -- 9. The slow government response to Japan's bank crisis : a new interpretation / Ethan Scheiner and Michio Muramatsu -- 10. Stealing elections : a comparison of election-night corruption in Japan, Canada, and the United States / Ray Christensen and Kyle Colvin -- 11. The puzzle of the Japanese gender gap in Liberal Democratic Party support / Barry C. Burden -- 12. Women running for national office in Japan : are Koizumi's female "children" a short-term anomaly or a lasting phenomenon? / Alisa Gaunder -- 13. Surrogate representation : building sustainable linkage structures in contemporary Japanese politics / Sherry L. Martin -- 14. Japanese politics in the Koizumi era : temporary anomaly or a paradigm shift? / Kenneth Mori McElwain and Steven R. Reed |
| Analysis |
Elections, Overseas |
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History, 1990-1999 |
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History, 2000-2009 |
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International comparisons |
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Japan |
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Koizumi, Junichiro |
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Overseas item |
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Political change |
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Political parties, Overseas |
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Statistics |
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Women in politics |
| Notes |
Based on papers originally presented at the "2007 Stanford Conference on Electoral and Legislative Politics in Japan." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Koizumi, Jun'ichirō, 1942-
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Koizumi, Junʼichirō, 1942-
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Koizumi, Jun'ichirō, 1942- -- Congresses.
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Jiyū Minshutō
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Jiyū Minshutō -- Congresses.
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Jiyū Minshutō.
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Election law -- Japan.
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Opposition (Political science) -- Japan.
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Political participation -- Japan.
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Political parties -- Japan.
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Political campaigns -- Japan.
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Prime ministers -- Japan -- Elections.
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
McElwain, Kenneth Mori.
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Reed, Steven R., 1947-
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Shimizu, Kay (Kaoru)
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Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
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| ISBN |
1931368147 |
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9781931368148 |
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