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Democracy without Competition in Japan: Opposition Failure in a One-Party Dominant State
Ethan Scheiner
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Hardback. This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan. Num Pages: 286 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Despite its democratic structure, Japan's government has been dominated by a single party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 1955. This book offers an explanation for why, even in the face of great dissatisfaction with the LDP, no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a credible challenger in Japan. Understanding such failure is important for many reasons, from its effect on Japanese economic policy to its implications for what facilitates democratic responsiveness more broadly. The principal explanations for opposition failure in Japan focus on the country's culture and electoral system. This book offers a new interpretation, arguing ... Read more
Despite its democratic structure, Japan's government has been dominated by a single party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 1955. This book offers an explanation for why, even in the face of great dissatisfaction with the LDP, no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a credible challenger in Japan. Understanding such failure is important for many reasons, from its effect on Japanese economic policy to its implications for what facilitates democratic responsiveness more broadly. The principal explanations for opposition failure in Japan focus on the country's culture and electoral system. This book offers a new interpretation, arguing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521846929
SKU
V9780521846929
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About Ethan Scheiner
Ethan Scheiner is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science at Duke University in 2001. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Keio University (Mita) in Tokyo, Japan, an Advanced Research (postdoctoral) Fellow in the Program on US- Japan Relations at Harvard University (2001–2), and ... Read more
Reviews for Democracy without Competition in Japan: Opposition Failure in a One-Party Dominant State
'This book is a serious work of comparative government aimed at a scholarly audience.' Political Studies Review