Examining the Micro-level Foundations of Japan's Two-party System Following Government Alternation
In: East Asia: an international quarterly, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 255-274
ISSN: 1874-6284
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In: East Asia: an international quarterly, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 255-274
ISSN: 1874-6284
In: German politics and society, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 110-114
ISSN: 1045-0300, 0882-7079
In: East Asia: an international quarterly, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 255-274
ISSN: 1096-6838
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In: Japanese journal of political science, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 33-55
ISSN: 1474-0060
AbstractBoth general publics and elites have long used labels of left and right as cues for political communication and vote choice in Western democracies. This study examines the utility of these spatial semantics as means of encapsulating major political cleavages in East Asian democracies. Through analysis of public opinion surveys, we investigate the influence of organizational affiliation; views on socio-economic, religious, and 'new politics' issues, as well as attitudes toward the political system, as anchors of public understanding of the left–right dimension in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan. Patterns found in these countries are compared with two 'Western' nations in the region, Australia and New Zealand. Results show that citizens' left–right positions in Japan and the Australasian countries are more clearly structured by well-defined cleavages, such as socio-economic issues and post-materialism, and that parties in these countries compete on the basis of clearer ideological profiles. In contrast, despite high rates of cognition of the left–right scale in South Korea, the Philippines, and Taiwan, left–right orientations are less firmly anchored in attitudes and policy preferences. These differences in publics' level of ideological conceptualization are likely related to party system development and democratic experience.
In: Europe Asia studies, Band 63, Heft 1, S. 27-47
ISSN: 0966-8136
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In: Europe Asia studies, Band 63, Heft 1, S. 27-47
ISSN: 1465-3427
In: Asian survey, Band 50, Heft 6, S. 1032-1057
ISSN: 1533-838X
This study examines the effects of socio-demographic and political factors on district level turnout in the 2005 and 2009 Japanese general elections. Results show that marginality is a strong predictor of turnout, while the effects of age structure, joblessness, and primary sector employment vary across elections.
In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 16, Heft 3, S. 370-394
ISSN: 1354-0688
In: Communist and post-communist studies: an international interdisciplinary journal, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 97-113
ISSN: 0967-067X
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In: Communist and post-communist studies, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 97-113
ISSN: 0967-067X
The left–right schema has long been used in analyzing political cleavages in established democracies. This study applies the schema in a post-communist context by examining the structuring of political attitudes in Slovenia and Croatia. Findings from six public opinion surveys in each country during the 1990s demonstrate that left–right orientations in both countries are consistently influenced by religious beliefs, while an additional dimension focusing on democratization is found in Croatia. Economic issues did not constitute a significant axis of political competition. Changes and continuities in party locations and the basis of vote choice according to party supporters' left–right placements are also discussed.
In: International political science review: the journal of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) = Revue internationale de science politique, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 366-394
ISSN: 1460-373X
The semantics of left and right provide an efficient heuristic to understand and organize political information. Most studies on the left—right schema have focused on established democracies, but the anchoring function that it serves for party systems may be particularly relevant in new democracies where partisanship has not taken root. This article investigates the heuristic value of left and right in East Asian democracies by examining survey data from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Data from Australia and New Zealand are also included for comparative purposes. These countries offer useful contrasts for hypotheses testing because they cover a wide range of democratic experiences and party-system stabilization. The following questions will be addressed: (1) Are publics in East Asian democracies familiar with the left—right dimension? (2) Can the publics locate the positions of political parties and consistently rank them on the left—right spectrum? (3) To what extent do the publics' left—right self-placements affect their party preference? Left— right cognition, consistency of party rankings, and correlations between self-placements and attitudes toward parties for each of the six cases are presented and discussed in detail. Similarities and differences between older and newer democracies in patterns of cognition and party ranking are also discussed.
In: Political science, Band 62, Heft 2, S. 166-189
ISSN: 0112-8760, 0032-3187
In: German politics, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 222-229
ISSN: 1743-8993
In: Political science, Band 62, Heft 2, S. 166-188
ISSN: 2041-0611
In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 50, Heft 6, S. 1032-1057
ISSN: 0004-4687
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