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FOUR GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYMAKING, WHEN COMBINED WITH FOUR GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT JAPANESE POLICYMAKING, ALL YIELD THE PREDICTION THAT JAPAN SHOULD HAVE A WEAK ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. HOWEVER, THE AUTHOR SAYS THIS IS NOT SO. THIS PAPER ANALYZES THESE MISTAKEN IDEAS & SUGGESTS SOME MODIFICATIONS TO GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL AND JAPANESE POLICYMAKING.

The old Japanese single-party system collapsed in 1993, but a new system has not yet fully evolved. Following the most significant party reform in Japanese history, this book analyses the most recent national elections, examining voter behaviour and how it is influenced. It provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese politics from 1955 to 1993 and a detailed historical study of events leading up to the 1996 and 2000 elections, before presenting statistical analysis of the elections themselves. The authors then look to the future, anticipating what form the new political system will take. Japanese Electoral Politics contains four very detailed case studies and a wealth of new data. It will appeal to students and researchers of Japanese politics and elections and electoral systems.

The old Japanese single-party system collapsed in 1993, but a new system has not yet fully evolved. Following the most significant party reform in Japanese history, this book analyses the most recent national elections, examining voter behaviour and how it is influenced. It provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese politics from 1955 to 1993 and a detailed historical study of events leading up to the 1996 and 2000 elections, before presenting statistical analysis of the elections themselves. The authors then look to the future, anticipating what form the new political system will take. Japanese Electoral Politics contains four very detailed case studies and a wealth of new data. It will appeal to students and researchers of Japanese politics and elections and electoral systems.

Part 1. The political context of the 1996 and 2000 elections -- The 1993 election and the end of LDP one-party dominance / Steven R. Reed -- Realignment between the 1993 and 1996 elections / Steven R. Reed -- Realignment between the 1996 and 2000 elections / Steven R. Reed -- Part 2. Four prefectural case studies -- Political realignment in Nagano: Hata Tsutomu and the new opposition challenge the LDP / Ethan Scheiner -- A local five-party alliance challenges the LDP in Hyogo / Karen E. Cox -- Inheriting the 'conservative kingdom' in Ibaraki / Hulda Thóra Sveinsdóttir -- Kagoshima: the prefecture that realignment forgot / Robert Weiner -- Part 3. Statistical analysis -- Who won the 1996 election? / Steven R. Reed -- Who won the 2000 election? / Steven R. Reed.

The old Japanese single-party system collapsed in 1993, but a new system has not yet fully evolved. Following the most significant party reform in Japanese history, this book analyses the most recent national elections, examining voter behaviour and how it is influenced. It provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese politics from 1955 to 1993 and a detailed historical study of events leading up to the 1996 and 2000 elections, before presenting statistical analysis of the elections themselves. The authors then look to the future, anticipating what form the new political system will take. Japanese Electoral Politics contains four very detailed case studies and a wealth of new data. It will appeal to students and researchers of Japanese politics and elections and electoral systems.

Using the 2005 and 2006 AsiaBarometer surveys I analyze religiosity and secularization in Asia. I find that, in South Asia, identification with a particular religion is the norm and most people pray every day but, in East Asia, religious identification and religious practice are both much less common. Even in secular East Asia, however, the demand for religious services is high and belief in a spiritual world is common. I conclude that secularization does not necessarily produce uniformly secular societies. Turning to the causes and consequences of religiosity, I find surprisingly few significant relationships, results that echo similar analyses in Western Europe. I then discuss the implications of these non-findings.