Japan decides 2017
Subtitle: the Japanese general election
By: Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, Ethan Scheiner, Daniel M. Smith, editors
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9783319764740
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Politics and government; Elections; Japan; Political parties; Japan. Kokkai; History
Description: "This third volume in the Japan Decides series remains the premier venue for scholarly research on Japanese elections. Putting a spotlight on the 2017 general election, the contributors discuss the election results, party politics, coalition politics with Komeito, the cabinet, constitutional revision, new opposition parties, and Abenomics. Additionally, the volume looks at campaigning, public opinion, media, gender issues and representation, North Korea and security issues, inequality, immigration and cabinet scandals. With a topical focus and timely coverage of the latest dramatic changes in Japanese politics, the volume will appeal to researchers and policy experts alike, and will also make a welcome addition to courses on Japanese politics, comparative politics and electoral politics."-- Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Abe on a roll at the polls; title: Japanese politics between 2014 and 2017 : the search for an opposition party in the age of Abe; title: The 2017 election results : an earthquake, a typhoon, and another landslide; title: Kōmeitō 2017 : new complications; title: The opposition : from third party back to third force; title: The JCP a perpetual spoiler?; title: Scandals during the Abe administrations; title: Public opinion and the Abe cabinet : alternating valence and position issues; title: Survey of candidates' policy preferences; title: Party competition and the electoral rules; title: Persistence of women's under-representation; title: Does the LDP want to build a wall too? Immigration and the 2017 election in Japan; title: Inequality and the 2017 election : decreasing dominance of Abenomics and regional revitalization; title: The first two arrows of Abenomics : monetary and fiscal politics in the 2017 snap election; title: Abenomics' third arrow : fostering future competitiveness?; title: Constitutional revision in the 2017 election; title: The North Korea factor in the 2017 election; title: Foreign policy.