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Author:   Robert Pekkanen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   3.203kg
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9789004357396

ISBN 10:   9004357394
Pages:   1684
Publication Date:   27 September 2018
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Table of Contents

Introduction Robert J. Pekkanen Part 1 The Origin and Development of the LDP 1 The Creation of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1955 Masaru Kohno 2 The LDP Masumi Junnosuke 3 Political Parties Hitoshi Abe, Muneyuki Shindo and Sadafumi Kawato 4 Tanaka Kakuei, Structural Corruption, and the Advent of Machine Politics in Japan Chalmers Johnson 5 The Evolution of the LDP's Intraparty Politics Masaru Kohno 6 Rational Foundations for the Organization of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan Masaru Kohno 7 Creative Conservatism: Public Policy in Japan T. J. Pempel 8 Party Organization J. Mark Ramseyer and Frances M. Rosenbluth 9 The Conservative Policy Line and the Development of Patterned Pluralism Michio Muramatsu and Ellis S. Krauss 10 Conclusion: Democracy without Competition Ethan Scheiner 11 The Politics of Party: The Liberal Democrats and their Rivals J. A. A. Stockwin 12 Epilogue: LDP Rule in the 1980s Masumi Junnosuke 13 Introduction: Uncommon Democracies: The One-Party Dominant Regimes T. J. Pempel 14 Over-Nominating Candidates, Undermining the Party: The Collective Action Problem under SNTV in Japan Kuniaki Nemoto, Robert Pekkanen and Ellis Krauss 15 Party Strategy or Candidate Strategy: How Does the LDP Run the Right Number of Candidates in Japan's Multi-Member Districts? Steven R. Reed 16 Manipulating Electoral Rules to Manufacture Single-Party Dominance Kenneth Mori McElwain Part 2 The Pillars of the LDP A The Koenkai 17 The Politics of Party Endorsement Gerald L. Curtis 18 The Koenkai Hitoshi Abe, Muneyuki Shindo and Sadafumi Kawato 19 Organizing One's Support Base under the SNTV: The Case of Japanese Koenkai Jean-Marie Bouissou 20 The Effect of Electoral Reforms on Campaign Practices in Japan: Putting New Wine into Old Bottles Ray Christensen 21 The Liberal Democratic Party in Time Ellis S. Krauss and Robert J. Pekkanen 22 The Koenkai: Origins and Development of a Vote-Mobilization Machine Ellis S. Krauss and Robert J. Pekkanen 23 The Liberal Democratic Party Out of Time? Ellis S. Krauss and Robert J. Pekkanen 24 How a Diet Member's Koenkai Adapts to Social and Political Changes Otake Hideo b Factions 25 The Factions Nathaniel B. Thayer 26 Factional Competition for the Party Endorsement: The Case of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Gary W. Cox and Frances M. Rosenbluth 27 Factional Dynamics in Japan's LDP since Political Reform: Continuity and Change Cheol Hee Park C Personnel Management and the Policy-Making Process 28 Making a Cabinet Nathaniel B. Thayer 29 The Liberal Democratic Party John Creighton Campbell 30 The Specter of Crisis Kent E. Calder 31 The Liberal Democratic Party: The Organization of Political Power Gerald L. Curtis 32 From Pork to Policy: The Rise of Programmatic Campaigning in Japanese Elections Amy Catalinac 33 The Prime Minister and Party Politics: The LDP and the Opposition Kenji Hayao 34 Nukaga Fukushiro: Climbing the Ladder to Influence Yamada Masahiro Part 3 Electoral Reform and the LDP 35 The End of One-Party Dominance Gerald L. Curtis 36 Regime Shift: Japanese Politics in a Changing World Economy T. J. Pempel 37 Forces for Political Reform: The Liberal Democratic Party's Young Reformers and Ozawa Ichiro Otake Hideo 38 Electoral Incentives in Mixed-Member Systems: Party, Posts, and Zombie Politicians in Japan Robert Pekkanen, Benjamin Nyblade and Ellis S. Krauss 39 Party and Voter Dealignment: The LDP System Disintegrates Ikuo Kabashima and Gill Steel 40 Electoral Incentives and Policy Preferences: Mixed Motives Behind Party Defections in Japan Steven R. Reed and Ethan Scheiner Part 4 The LDP after the End of the '55 System A The Development of the LDP after the End of the '55 System 41 The Rise and Fall of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Ellis S. Krauss and Robert J. Pekkanen 42 The Liberal Democratic Party at 50: Sources of Dominance and Changes in the Koizumi Era Patrick Koellner 43 Locating the LDP and Koizumi in Policy Space: A Party System Ripe for Realignment Leonard Schoppa 44 Storming the Castle: The Battle for Postal Reform in Japan Patricia L. Maclachlan 45 Explaining Party Adaptation to Electoral Reform: The Discreet Charm of the LDP? Ellis S. Krauss and Robert Pekkanen 46 Representation and Policymaking under LDP Administrations in the Post-1955 System Ikuo Kabashima and Gill Steel 47 Conservatives and their Allies Ian Neary 48 Between Pork and Productivity: The Collapse of the Liberal Democratic Party T. J. Pempel 49 Avoiding a Two-Party System: The Liberal Democratic Party versus Duverger's Law Steven R. Reed and Kay Shimizu 50 The Liberal Democratic Party: An Explanation of Its Successes and Failures Steven R. Reed 51 The Evolution of the LDP's Electoral Strategy: Towards a More Coherent Political Party Steven R. Reed 52 Japanese Politics under the LDP Tomohito Shinoda 53 The Liberal Democratic Party: Still the Most Powerful Party in Japan Ronald J. Hrebenar and Akira Nakamura B The LDP under Prime Minister Jun'ichiro Koizumi 54 How Junichiro Koizumi Seized the Leadership of Japans Liberal Democratic Party Ikuo Kabashima and Gill Steel 55 Koizumi's Failed Revolution Aurelia George Mulgan 56 Policy Dissension and Party Discipline: The July 2005 Vote on Postal Privatization in Japan Kuniaki Nemoto, Ellis Krauss and Robert Pekkanen 57 Koizumi's Top-Down Leadership in the Anti-Terrorism Legislation: The Impact of Political Institutional Changes Tomohito Shinoda 58 Grading Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi's Revolution: How Far Has the LDP's Policymaking Changed? Ko Mishima C The LDP under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 59 The Abe Effect and Domestic Politics Takashi Terada 60 The LDP's Path Back to Power Masahisa Endo, Robert Pekkanen, and Steven R. Reed 61 The LDP: Return to Dominance? Or a Golden Age Built on Sand? Masahisa Endo and Robert J. Pekkanen 62 Epilogue: Developments under the Abe Cabinet Tomohito Shinoda 63 Japan in 2014: All about Abe Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen 64 Japan in 2015: More about Abe Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen Index

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Robert J. Pekkanen (Ph.D. 2002, Harvard) is Professor at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington (Seattle, USA). Pekkanen has published widely on the LDP, including in the American Political Science Review and coauthored The Rise and Fall of Japan's LDP (2011), and coedited The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems (2018) and Japan Decides 2017: The Japanese General Election (2018).

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