Dynasties and Democracy in Japan
Journal: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego eBooks
Year: 2020

One of the rules of democracy is that everyone can be a politician, but even in a democratic system there is a phenomenon called “democratic dynasties.” Democratic dynasties mean that multiple members of one family become politicians. In a democracy with long democratic traditions, normally 5%–10% of all legislators come from democracy dynasties and this phenomenon declines over time. Except Japan. After the Second World War, about 3% of the members of Japan’s Parliament were related to previous