Local leaders in national social movements: The Tea Party
In: Social movement studies: journal of social, cultural and political protest, Volume 19, Issue 4, p. 373-390
ISSN: 1474-2837
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In: Social movement studies: journal of social, cultural and political protest, Volume 19, Issue 4, p. 373-390
ISSN: 1474-2837
In: Politics and religion: official journal of the APSA Organized Section on Religion and Politics, Volume 9, Issue 2, p. 414-417
ISSN: 1755-0491
In: New political science: official journal of the New Political Science Caucus with APSA, Volume 36, Issue 4, p. 607-621
ISSN: 1469-9931
In: Asian survey, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 625-646
ISSN: 1533-838X
This paper looks at how recent Japanese prime ministers have counterintuitively limited political control over the bureaucracy. It uses conflicts at the foreign and defense ministries to illustrate how the presence of multiple principals alters principal-agent theory and its implications for the politician-bureaucrat relationship. This study integrates the Japanese case into comparative scholarship on Taiwan and Korea.
In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 625-646
ISSN: 0004-4687
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In: Japanese journal of political science, Volume 10, Issue 1, p. 1-20
ISSN: 1474-0060
AbstractDrawing on five months of ethnography among rank-and-file Soka Gakkai members, this article takes issue with the conventional view of Komeito and Gakkai political socialization as one of group identity. It uses interviews and primary sources from Gakkai socialization practice to document how the two organizations appeal to Gakkai members by promoting the Komeito policy agenda, and how Gakkai members use the same arguments in search of non-Gakkai votes for the party. Social ties remain important, but they are vehicles for this policy message, not a justification for supporting Komeito. This makes Komeito leadership far more constrained in its political choices than is currently recognized. The article finishes by showing how this theory explains variation in Komeito electoral support better than a social identity alternative.
In: Politics and religion: official journal of the APSA Organized Section on Religion and Politics, Volume 1, Issue 1, p. 137-148
ISSN: 1755-0491
In: International studies perspectives: ISP, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 57-74
ISSN: 1528-3585
In: International studies perspectives: a journal of the International Studies Association, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. 57-74
ISSN: 1528-3577
In: Japanese journal of political science, Volume 7, Issue 1, p. 59-69
ISSN: 1474-0060
For the first time in 20 years, the prefectural level 2001 LDP primaries offer a chance to reevaluate the relationship between Diet members and the LDP rank and file. Since 1982, scholars have agreed that Diet members use their support organizations to control how rank and file vote in LDP leadership contests; and the absence of any suitable data from the 1980s and 1990s has prevented a reassessment of this hypothesis in Japan's evolving political environment. This study uses regression analysis on prefectural-level primary ballot totals in order to measure Diet member influence over the rank-and-file primaries. The results suggest while national politicians did influence voters, their impact was too small to affect the outcome of the election. This implies that the relationship between LDP Diet members and the rank and file is changing and suggests directions for further study.
In: Pacific affairs, Volume 77, Issue 4, p. 665-682
ISSN: 0030-851X
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In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Volume 33, Issue 1, p. 242-244
ISSN: 0305-8298
In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Volume 33, Issue 1, p. 242-244
ISSN: 1477-9021
In: The Korean journal of defense analysis, Volume 15, Issue 2, p. 177-198
ISSN: 1941-4641
In: Japan research monograph 18
"Examines the relationship between religious groups and politics in Japan focusing on Komeito, Japan's most successful religious party. Describes Komeito's campaign practices and varying modes of political participation from its founding to its decision to join the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a coalition government"--