The electoral system and Japan's partial transformation: Party system consolidation without policy realignment

Journal of East Asian Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-379

  Scheiner, Ethan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ); Downs; Duverger; Electoral systems; Japan; Liberal Democratic Party (LDP); Party alternation in power; Party realignment; Policy change; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872255971     PISSN: 15982408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1598240800008067     Document Type: Article

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