opposition failure in a one-party dominant state /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ethan Scheiner.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xviii, 267 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The importance of party competition and a model of party competition failure -- Opposition failure in Japan : background and explanations -- Clientelism and its determinants -- The impact of clientelism and centralized government financial structure : comparative analysis -- Local opposition failure in Japan -- National-level opposition failure : the impact of subnational-level weakness -- Political economy changes and their impact on party systems : comparative analysis -- Parallel party systems : political economy changes and the limits to anti-clientelist appeals in Japan -- The problem of organization and coherence in top-down party formation -- Conclusion : democracy without competition.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Democracy without competition in Japan.
International Standard Book Number
0521846927
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Jiyū Minshutō.
Jiyū Minshutō
Jiyū Minshutō.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Democracy-- Japan.
Patron and client-- Japan.
Patronage, Political-- Japan.
Political parties-- Japan.
Démocratie-- Japon.
Favoritisme-- Japon.
Partis politiques-- Japon.
Patron et client-- Japon.
Democracy.
Demokratie
Klientelismus
Opposition
Parteipolitik
Patron and client.
Patronage, Political.
Political parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Political Parties.