Party system dynamics in post-war Japan: A quantitative content analysis of electoral pledges

Electoral Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-124

  Proksch, Sven Oliver ^a   Slapin, Jonathan B ^b   Thies, Michael F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Elections; Japan; Left right classification; Manifesto

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POST-WAR;

JAPAN;

EID: 79952314630     PISSN: 02613794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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