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Introduction: Abe on a Roll at the Polls

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This chapter provides an overview of the 2017 general election in Japan, and introduces the contents of the volume.

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  1. 1.

    See Pekkanen et al. (2013) and Pekkanen et al. (2016).

  2. 2.

    See Duverger (1954) and Cox (1997).

  3. 3.

    See Reed et al. (2012). On the DPJ’s three years in power see Kushida and Lipscy (2013).

  4. 4.

    See Smith et al. (2013).

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  1. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Robert J. Pekkanen

  2. Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University, Hachioji, Japan

    Steven R. Reed

  3. Department of Political Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

    Ethan Scheiner

  4. Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Daniel M. Smith

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    Robert J. Pekkanen

  2. Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

    Steven R. Reed

  3. University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

    Ethan Scheiner

  4. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Daniel M. Smith

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Pekkanen, R.J., Reed, S.R., Scheiner, E., Smith, D.M. (2018). Introduction: Abe on a Roll at the Polls. In: Pekkanen, R., Reed, S., Scheiner, E., Smith, D. (eds) Japan Decides 2017. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76475-7_1

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