Yoshiaki Kobayashi

Malfunctioning Democracy in Japan

Quantitative Analysis in a Civil Society

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Produktbeschreibung

In many developed countries, democratic political systems have demonstrated significant shortcomings. Malfunctioning Democracy in Japan: Quantitative Analysis in a Civil Society, by Yoshiaki Kobayashi, investigates the causes of these problems via quantitative analysis, using Japan as a particular case study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 329g
• ISBN-13: 9780739147573
• ISBN-10: 0739147579
• Artikelnr.: 34011822

Autorenporträt

Yoshiaki Kobayashi is a professor of law and political science at Keio University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Party Platforms and Government Expenditures
Chapter Three: Platforms and Voting Behavior
Chapter Four: Electoral Platform Malfunction
Chapter Five: Investigating the Political Rationality Hypothesis
Chapter Six: The Voters' Response: Macro-analysis
Chapter Seven: The Voters' Response: Micro-analysis
Chapter Eight: Issue Voting
Chapter Nine: Retrospective Voting
Chapter Ten: Issue Voting and Retrospective Voting in the 2005 and 2009
Elections
Chapter Eleven: A Plan for the Resuscitation of Democracy
Appendix: Politicians' Career Points
End Notes
Afterword
Bibliography
Index