Public Opinion Feedback and Government Stability

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16H06852
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Politics
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	Matsumoto Tomoko 名古屋大学, 法学研究科, 特任講師 (50783601)
Project Period (FY)	2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	世論 / 政権の安定性 / 比較政治 / 日本 / ウェブ調査 / 政治学 / 日本政治 / 比較政治学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study, distinguishing people's support on a cabinet from the support on its party (parties), demonstrates the possibility that public opinion may influence a cabinet's survival and its termination types -replacement of prime minister and early dissolution of parliament - even if the cabinet has a single-party majority in the parliament.