Overview
Provides the definitive account of Japan's 2017 snap general election
Brings together leading scholars from Japan, the United States, and Europe
Answers core questions about the election's context, results, and policy implications
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Political Parties
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Front Matter
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Campaign and Issues
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Front Matter
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Keywords
- Japanese election 2017
- Japan decides 2017
- Japanese general elections
- Japanese politics
- electoral politics in Japan
- Asian politics
- Japanese election results
- Japanese party politics
- Abenomics
- Japanese opposition parties
- Tokyo First
- The Party of Hope
- Japanese Communist Party
- Shinzo Abe
- Japanese election campaigns
- Japanese candidate policy
- Japanese electoral rules
- Japanese snap election
- Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
About this book
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.
Reviews
“The series is a boon for research and teaching, but should also prove useful for foreign policy professionals and political risk consultants. Indeed, anyone with an interest in Japanese politics would benefit from reading the invaluable Japan Decides 2017 and its companion volumes.” (Gregory W. Noble, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 93 (1), 2020)
“I would highly recommend this book to experts and students alike. This new volume, and the whole series, is fast becoming central to the study of Japanese elections.” (Gill Steel, Japanese Journal of Political Science, Vol. 20 (2), June, 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor at the University of Washington, USA. He has published nine books on politics, most recently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems (2018), as well as articles in the American Political Science Review, the British Journal of Political Science and Comparative Political Studies.
Steven R. Reed is Professor at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan. He has recently published Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan (with Matthew M. Carlson, 2018). He has published in the British Journal of Political Science and the American Journal of Political Science as well as numerous other academic journals.
Ethan Scheiner is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis, USA. He is the author of Democracy Without Competition in Japan: Opposition Failure in a One-Party Dominant State (2005) and Electoral Systems and Political Context: How the Effects of Rules Vary across New and Established Democracies (with Robert G. Moser, 2012), as well as a variety of journal articles.
Daniel M. Smith is Associate Professor of Government at Harvard University, USA. He is the author of Dynasties and Democracy: The Inherited Incumbency Advantage in Japan (2018) and numerous articles and book chapters on political parties and elections.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Japan Decides 2017
Book Subtitle: The Japanese General Election
Editors: Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, Ethan Scheiner, Daniel M. Smith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76475-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76474-0Published: 11 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76475-7Published: 30 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 351
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations, Electoral Politics, Asian Politics