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Election Campaigning Japanese Style
Gerald L. Curtis
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Description for Election Campaigning Japanese Style
Paperback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 275 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Running for public office in postwar Japan requires the endorsement of a political party and a sophisticated system of organizational support. In this volume, Gerald L. Curtis provides a detailed case study of the campaign of Sato Bunsei, who in 1967 ran for the Lower House of Japan's parliament as a nonincumbent candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Sato's district consisted of a modern urban center and a tradition-bound rural hinterland and featured a dynamic dialectic between old and new patterns of electioneering, which led Sat? to innovate new strategies and techniques. Since its publication in 1971, sociologists and ... Read more
Running for public office in postwar Japan requires the endorsement of a political party and a sophisticated system of organizational support. In this volume, Gerald L. Curtis provides a detailed case study of the campaign of Sato Bunsei, who in 1967 ran for the Lower House of Japan's parliament as a nonincumbent candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Sato's district consisted of a modern urban center and a tradition-bound rural hinterland and featured a dynamic dialectic between old and new patterns of electioneering, which led Sat? to innovate new strategies and techniques. Since its publication in 1971, sociologists and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231147453
SKU
V9780231147453
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About Gerald L. Curtis
Gerald L. Curtis is Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and the former director of the East Asian Institute. He is the author of The Japanese Way of Politics and The Logic of Japanese Politics.
Reviews for Election Campaigning Japanese Style
One of the most informative books ever written on election campaigning in Japan. The American Political Science Review Curtis gives us an intimate and penetrating glimpse into political life in Japan. The Journal of Asian Studies Excellent. Pacific Affairs A rich, vivid picture of the electoral process. The Journal of Politics On the evidence of this book, Gerald L. Curtis ... Read more