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Party Discipline and Legislative Voting

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K01413
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 06010:Politics-related
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

Fujimura Naofumi  神戸大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (20551493)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords議会研究 / 政党政治 / 議会 / 委員会 / 委員長 / 政党の一体性 / 政党組織 / 党議拘束 / 点呼投票 / アジェンダセッティング / アジェンダ・セッティング / 一体性 / 政党規律 / 議場投票 / 再選 / 個人投票 / 政党投票 / 日本 / 日本政治
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project examines the role of intra-party allocation of electoral resources in maintaining party unity in legislative voting. Over the five-year research period, three articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

This project has specifically focused on legislative committees and chairs. In parliamentary systems, bills sponsored by the cabinet must be passed in parliaments to become law. The study has found that (1) committees chaired by legislators, even from a government party, with policy positions deviating from their party are more likely to amend government bills, and (2) government parties are more likely to appoint legislators with policy positions closer to the party to committee chairs in order to prevent chairs from deviating from the party positions.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、学術的には2つの意義がある。第1に、従来の政党の一体性の研究は、議員の議場投票の造反に焦点を当ててきたが、本研究は法案の提出と議会での成立にはギャップがあり、政党は理想的な政策の実現や一体性のためには、議会、委員会、委員長を統制する必要性を発見した点である。第2に、特に政党の政策的立場から外れた議員が委員長を務めると、委員会での政府法案の修正が増えることを実証的に示した初めての研究である。

社会的意義は、議会と委員会の重要性を示した点である。これまで日本の国会では、ほとんどの閣法を成立させ、政府の追認機関でしかないと評価されてきたが、本研究は、議会の積極的な役割を発見している。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (37 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (12 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (3 results) Funded Workshop (11 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Zurich(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University College Dublin(アイルランド)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Brunel University/University of Essex/University of Exeter(英国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University College Dublin(アイルランド)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Zurich(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Brunel University(英国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University College Dublin(アイルランド)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Zurich(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Zurich(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University College Dublin(アイルランド)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Humboldt-University Berlin(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Zurich(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Ideological Positions and Committee Chair Appointments2023

    • Author(s)
      Rehmert Jochen、Fujimura Naofumi
    • Journal Title

      Legislative Studies Quarterly

      Volume: forthcoming Issue: 1 Pages: 1-28

    • DOI

      10.1111/lsq.12414

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Trade-Off between Equal Representation and Electoral Participation: The Effect of Redistricting on Voter Turnout2021

    • Author(s)
      Fujimura Naofumi
    • Journal Title

      Representation

      Volume: Online First Issue: 4 Pages: 1-17

    • DOI

      10.1080/00344893.2021.1964584

    • NAID

      120007179195

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 議会、政府、政党の役職就任は議員の再選可能性を高めるのか?2021

    • Author(s)
      藤村 直史
    • Journal Title

      政策科学

      Volume: 28 (3) Pages: 297-312

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Effect of Malapportionment on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Japan's Upper House Elections2020

    • Author(s)
      Fujimura Naofumi
    • Journal Title

      Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy

      Volume: 19 (4) Issue: 4 Pages: 542-551

    • DOI

      10.1089/elj.2019.0617

    • NAID

      120006882496

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Issue Emphasis in Candidates’ Campaign Communication as a Signal of Legislative Priorities2022

    • Author(s)
      Stefan Muller, Naofumi Fujimura
    • Organizer
      European Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] COVID-19パンデミックに対する政府内の大臣の政策的立場とその対立: 日本の国会における大臣発言のテキスト分析2022

    • Author(s)
      藤村直史、西村翼
    • Organizer
      日本選挙学会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] What Drives Legislators to Remedy Malapportionment? An Experiment on Prefectural Assembly Legislators in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura and Sohei Shigemura
    • Organizer
      日本選挙学会研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ideological Positions and Committee Chair Appointments2021

    • Author(s)
      Jochen Rehmert and Naofumi Fujimura
    • Organizer
      Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Making Politicians Fair: An Experiment with Prefectural Assembly Members in Japan on Malapportionment2021

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura and Sohei Shigemura
    • Organizer
      International Political Science Association World Congress of Political Science
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Influence of Committee Chairs on the Legislative Process and Outcomes: Chairs’ Agenda-Setting Power to Deter Government Bills in Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura
    • Organizer
      General Conference, European Consortium of Political Research
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Post Assignments and Party Discipline: The Analysis of Roll Call Voting on the Postal Service Privatization Act of 2005 and the Consumption Tax Act of 20122018

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura
    • Organizer
      the International Political Science Association World Congress of Political Science
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 日本政治の第一歩〔新版〕2023

    • Author(s)
      上神 貴佳、三浦 まり
    • Total Pages
      284
    • Publisher
      有斐閣
    • ISBN
      4641151121
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 選挙ガバナンスの実態 日本編:「公正・公平」を目指す制度運用とその課題2018

    • Author(s)
      大西裕(編)
    • Total Pages
      292
    • Publisher
      有斐閣
    • ISBN
      462308163X
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 日本政治の第一歩2018

    • Author(s)
      上神貴佳 ・三浦 まり(編)
    • Total Pages
      270
    • Publisher
      有斐閣
    • ISBN
      4641150540
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Workshop on Gender and War2023

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Workshop on Human Rights in International Relations2022

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Workshop on Text as Data2022

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Workshop on Experiments in Political Science2021

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Workshop on Experiments in Political Science2020

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Hong Kong-Kobe Joint Workshop on Political Behavior2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Kobe Workshop on Party Politics and Political Methodology2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Political Behavior and Experimental Experimental Approach Workshop2018

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Local Politics Workshop2018

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Theory and Methods Workshop2018

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Kobe-CUHK Joint Workshop on Political Science2018

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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