Matthew S. Shugart, Matthew E. Bergman, Cory L. Struthers, Ellis S. Krauss, and Robert J. Pekkanen
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- July 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780192897053
- eISBN:
- 9780191919718
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780192897053.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory, Comparative Politics
This chapter focuses on the case of Japan, and its electoral reform, analyzing both the current mixed-member majoritarian (MMM) system and its former single nontransferable vote (SNTV) system. The ...
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This chapter focuses on the case of Japan, and its electoral reform, analyzing both the current mixed-member majoritarian (MMM) system and its former single nontransferable vote (SNTV) system. The chapter tests for impacts of electoral system change in the Liberal Democratic Party’s assignment of members to committees in the House of Representative of the Diet. It finds that the some aspects of the expertise model apply more strongly under MMM than under SNTV, but that the party follows the logic of the electoral–constituency model more than the expertise model, even under MMM. Both findings conform to theoretical expectations. The chapter also analyzes the main alternative parties in each electoral system era: the Japan Socialist Party (under SNTV) and the Democratic Party of Japan (under MMM). For these two left-leaning parties, we find considerable evidence that a party’s issue ownership matters to party personnel practices.Less
This chapter focuses on the case of Japan, and its electoral reform, analyzing both the current mixed-member majoritarian (MMM) system and its former single nontransferable vote (SNTV) system. The chapter tests for impacts of electoral system change in the Liberal Democratic Party’s assignment of members to committees in the House of Representative of the Diet. It finds that the some aspects of the expertise model apply more strongly under MMM than under SNTV, but that the party follows the logic of the electoral–constituency model more than the expertise model, even under MMM. Both findings conform to theoretical expectations. The chapter also analyzes the main alternative parties in each electoral system era: the Japan Socialist Party (under SNTV) and the Democratic Party of Japan (under MMM). For these two left-leaning parties, we find considerable evidence that a party’s issue ownership matters to party personnel practices.
Brian Woodall
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780804785259
- eISBN:
- 9780804788571
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804785259.003.0009
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
Despite compelling reasons to do so, Japanese policymakers have been reluctant to fully buy into a “green growth” strategy. One might have expected that the triple disasters of March 2011 – ...
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Despite compelling reasons to do so, Japanese policymakers have been reluctant to fully buy into a “green growth” strategy. One might have expected that the triple disasters of March 2011 – earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis – would lead to dramatic policy change. Yet, to date, the changes made have been modest. Also, it is puzzling that Japanese policymakers have yet to forge a national energy strategy that seeks to stimulate investment in renewables, address energy security and climate change concerns, exploit untapped renewable energy resources, and leverage the R&D prowess of Japanese firms. Despite their dominant position in the green car market, Japanese companies tend to under-punch their weight in most clean-tech markets. Why is this so? This country case study traces the evolution of Japan’s energy policymaking process through five stages, highlighting the ways politics, institutional inertia, and path dependencies have shaped and constrained policy change.Less
Despite compelling reasons to do so, Japanese policymakers have been reluctant to fully buy into a “green growth” strategy. One might have expected that the triple disasters of March 2011 – earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis – would lead to dramatic policy change. Yet, to date, the changes made have been modest. Also, it is puzzling that Japanese policymakers have yet to forge a national energy strategy that seeks to stimulate investment in renewables, address energy security and climate change concerns, exploit untapped renewable energy resources, and leverage the R&D prowess of Japanese firms. Despite their dominant position in the green car market, Japanese companies tend to under-punch their weight in most clean-tech markets. Why is this so? This country case study traces the evolution of Japan’s energy policymaking process through five stages, highlighting the ways politics, institutional inertia, and path dependencies have shaped and constrained policy change.
