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Japan Decides 2012

The Japanese General Election

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Robert Pekkanen

    1. Jackson School of International Studies, USA
      Department of Political Science, University of Washington, USA

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  2. Steven R. Reed

    1. Department of Policy Studies, University of Chuo, Japan

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  3. Ethan Scheiner

    1. Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis, USA

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Robert Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, Ethan Scheiner
      Pages 3-7

    3. Japanese Politics Between the 2009 and 2012 Elections

      • Robert Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed
      Pages 8-19

    4. Keeping It Together: Party Unity and the 2012 Election

      • Benjamin Nyblade
      Pages 20-33

    5. The 2012 Election Results: The LDP Wins Big by Default

      • Steven R. Reed, Ethan Scheiner, Daniel M. Smith, Michael F. Thies
      Pages 34-46

  3. Political Parties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. The LDP’s Path Back to Power

      • Masahisa Endo, Robert Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed
      Pages 49-64

    3. The Remains of the DPJ

      • Robert J. Weiner
      Pages 65-71

    4. Challenging the Two-Party System: Third Force Parties in the 2012 Election

      • Steven R. Reed
      Pages 72-83

    5. Komeito—The First “Third Force”

      • Axel Klein
      Pages 84-98

  5. Governance and Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Foreign Policy as an Election Issue

      • Paul Midford
      Pages 179-194
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About this book

The 2012 election in Japan ejected the governing DPJ and returned the LDP overwhelmingly to power while brand new parties pulled in millions of voters. This book explains what happened, why it happened and what it means. International experts analyze the election results, parties strategies, gender issues, policy implications and more.

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The editors have assembled several distinguished political scientists to provide an exceptionally rigorous but highly readable account of the 2012 election and its implications. The coverage is comprehensive; the analysis incisive; the information revealing. A must for all who want to understand the direction in which Japanese politics is headed.

James L. Newell, Professor of Politics, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of Salford, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • Jackson School of International Studies, USA

    Robert Pekkanen

  • Department of Political Science, University of Washington, USA

    Robert Pekkanen

  • Department of Policy Studies, University of Chuo, Japan

    Steven R. Reed

  • Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis, USA

    Ethan Scheiner

About the editors

Matthew Carlson, University of Vermont, USA Ray Christensen, Brigham Young University, USA Masahisa Endo, Waseda University, Japan Axel Klein, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Paul Midford, Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) Aurelia George Mulgan, University of New South Wales, Australia Sherry Martin Murphy, Washington DC based political scientist Kuniaki Nemoto, Waseda University, Japan Benjamin Nyblade, University of British Columbia, Canada Kay Shimizu, Columbia University, USA Daniel M. Smith, Stanford University, USA Michael F. Thies, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, UCLA, USA Yves Tiberghien, University of British Columbia, Canada Robert J. Weiner, Naval Postgraduate School, USA Christian G. Winkler, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Japan Yuki Yanai, Department of Political Science at UCLA, a research associate at Waseda University, Japan

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