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Examines the impact the 1993 general election had on Japanese politics. Although the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) regained the position of a ruling party within a year, the author questions whether the Japanese political system has managed to maintain the same efficacy as it had prior to 1993.

Fiscal policy --- Jiyū Minshutō. --- Japan. --- MOF --- Japana. --- M.O.F. --- 日本. --- Jiyūtō (1950-1955) --- Nihon Minshutō --- Jimintō (Japan) --- Jiyūminshutō (Japan) --- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) --- Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ I︠A︡ponii --- Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (Japan) --- LDP --- Tzu yu min chu tang (Japan) --- 自由民主党 --- 自由民主黨 --- Partido Liberal Demócrata (Japan) --- PLD --- Japan --- Politics and government --- Economic policy. --- Jiyu Minshuto.

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"Power and Pork: a Japanese Political Life aims to tell the 'inside story' of a Japanese politician - Matsuoka Toshikatsu - one of the more controversial members of Japan's national Diet. The book details Matsuoka's political stratagems and policy activities as an archetypal 'traditional' politician representing farm and rural interests." "The scope of the work is contemporary Japanese domestic politics, including electoral processes, zoku influence, pork barrelling and 'money politics' as exemplified by one of its key players. Power and Pork gives an account of how Matsuoka has catered to local, sectional and clientele interests in order to build and retain his political power base. One of the most important conclusions of the book is that individual

Political corruption --- Political ethics --- Politicians --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- East Asia --- Matsuoka, Toshikatsu, --- Japan --- Politics and government --- 松岡利勝, --- Jiyū Minshutō --- Corrupt practices. --- Jimintō (Japan) --- Jiyūminshutō (Japan) --- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) --- Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ I︠A︡ponii --- Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (Japan) --- LDP --- Tzu yu min chu tang (Japan) --- 自由民主党 --- 自由民主黨 --- Partido Liberal Demócrata (Japan) --- PLD --- Jiyūtō (1950-1955) --- Nihon Minshutō

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After holding power continuously from its inception in 1955 (with the exception of a ten-month hiatus in 1993-1994), Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost control of the national government decisively in September 2009. Despite its defeat, the LDP remains the most successful political party in a democracy in the post-World War II period. In The Rise and Fall of Japan's LDP, Ellis S. Krauss and Robert J. Pekkanen shed light on the puzzle of the LDP's long dominance and abrupt defeat. Several questions about institutional change in party politics are at the core of their investigation: What incentives do different electoral systems provide? How do politicians adapt to new incentives? How much does structure determine behavior, and how much opportunity does structure give politicians to influence outcomes? How adaptable are established political organizations? The electoral system Japan established in 1955 resulted in a half-century of "one-party democracy." But as Krauss and Pekkanen detail, sweeping political reforms in 1994 changed voting rules and other key elements of the electoral system. Both the LDP and its adversaries had to adapt to a new system that gave citizens two votes: one for a party and one for a candidate. Under the leadership of the charismatic Koizumi Junichiro, the LDP managed to maintain its majority in the Japanese Diet, but his successors lost popular support as opposing parties learned how to operate in the new electoral environment. Drawing on the insights of historical institutionalism, Krauss and Pekkanen explain how Japanese politics functioned before and after the 1994 reform and why the persistence of party institutions (factions, PARC, koenkai) and the transformed role of party leadership contributed both to the LDP's success at remaining in power for fifteen years after the reforms and to its eventual downfall. In an epilogue, the authors assess the LDP's prospects in the near and medium term.

Political Science & Political History. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties. --- Jiyū Minshut --- History. --- Japan --- Politics and government --- Jiyū Minshutō --- Jimintō (Japan) --- Jiyūminshutō (Japan) --- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) --- Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ I︠A︡ponii --- Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (Japan) --- LDP --- Tzu yu min chu tang (Japan) --- 自由民主党 --- 自由民主黨 --- Partido Liberal Demócrata (Japan) --- PLD --- Jiyūtō (1950-1955) --- Nihon Minshutō --- History --- Japon --- Politique et gouvernement

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Despite its democratic structure, Japan's government has been dominated by a single party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 1955. This book offers an explanation for why, even in the face of great dissatisfaction with the LDP, no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a credible challenger in Japan. Understanding such failure is important for many reasons, from its effect on Japanese economic policy to its implications for what facilitates democratic responsiveness more broadly. The principal explanations for opposition failure in Japan focus on the country's culture and electoral system. This book offers a new interpretation, arguing that a far more plausible explanation rests on the predominance in Japan of clientelism, combined with a centralized government structure and electoral protection for groups that benefit from clientelism. While the central case in the book is Japan, the analysis is also comparative and applies the framework cross-nationally.

Democracy --- Political parties --- Patronage, Political --- Patron and client --- Démocratie --- Partis politiques --- Favoritisme --- Patron et client --- Jiyu Minshuto. --- Japan --- Japon --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- J4655 --- J4610 --- -Jiyū Minshutō --- -Patronage, Political --- -Patron and client --- -Japan --- -Clientela --- Clientelism --- Patronage, Roman --- Political patronage --- Spoils system --- Civil service reform --- Parties, Political --- Party systems, Political --- Political party systems --- Political science --- Divided government --- Intra-party disagreements (Political parties) --- Political conventions --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Japan: Politics and law -- central government -- political parties --- Japan: Politics and law -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- -J4655 --- -Japan: Politics and law -- central government -- political parties --- -Democracy --- Démocratie --- Jiyū Minshutō. --- Clientela --- Jimintō (Japan) --- Jiyūminshutō (Japan) --- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) --- Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ I︠A︡ponii --- Liberalʹno-demokraticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (Japan) --- LDP --- Tzu yu min chu tang (Japan) --- 自由民主党 --- 自由民主黨 --- Partido Liberal Demócrata (Japan) --- PLD --- Jiyūtō (1950-1955) --- Nihon Minshutō --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Dominant-party systems. --- One-party dominant systems --- Clientelism, Political --- Patron-client politics --- Political clientelism --- Political sociology