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Achieving the Reelection of Party Members and Party Cohesion

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23730136
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

FUJIMURA Naofumi  神戸大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (20551493)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords政党規律 / 選挙誘因 / 立法組織 / 委員会 / 政党組織 / 日本政治 / 国際交流 / 議員行動 / 国際研究者交流 / 国際情報交換 / アメリカ / イタリア / 国際情報交流
Research Abstract

This study has explored how a party influence its members to take unified action while meeting their individual electoral needs? Through an analysis of the Japanese Diet, this study argues that parties attempt to achieve the reelection of their members and maintain party unity by manipulating legislative committee assignments and deliberations. In particular, the study demonstrates that a party shapes committees in a different way according to policy areas over which committees have jurisdiction. A party tends to accept its members' requests for affiliation and allow their self-management in committees concerned with particularistic benefits so that they can deliver specific benefits to each electoral district. In addition, a party tends to assign members who have average policy positions in the party to committees concerned with general benefits to make policies that satisfy many constituencies.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (8 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Alternative Paths to Party Polarization : External Impact of Intraparty Organization in Japan2013

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Sasada, Naofumi Fujimura, and Satoshi Machidori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of East Asian Studies

      Volume: 13 (3) Pages: 409-441

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A New Day, A New Way: The Post Allocation of the Democratic Party of Japan under the Mixed-Member Majoritarian System2013

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura
    • Journal Title

      Japan Forum

      Volume: 25 (2) Issue: 2 Pages: 259-292

    • DOI

      10.1080/09555803.2012.748086

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Alternative Paths to Party Polarization: External Impact of Intraparty Organization in Japan2013

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Sasada, Naofumi Fujimura, and Satoshi Machidori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of East Asian Studies

      Volume: 13 (3) Pages: 409-441

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Electoral Incentives, Party Discipline, and Legislative Organization: Manipulating Legislative Committees to Win Elections and Maintain Party Unity2012

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura
    • Journal Title

      European Political Science Review

      Volume: 4 (2) Issue: 2 Pages: 147-175

    • DOI

      10.1017/s1755773911000166

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 小選挙区比例代表並立制下での役職配分 : 民主党の党内対立と政党投票2012

    • Author(s)
      藤村直史
    • Journal Title

      選挙研究

      Volume: 28(2) Pages: 21-38

    • NAID

      130006041665

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 政権末期における自由民主党の政策形成と議員行動の変容 2009年自由民主党議員への政治意識調査から2011

    • Author(s)
      建林正彦・藤村直史
    • Journal Title

      法学論叢

      Volume: 169(6) Pages: 1-35

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 政権末期における自由民主党の政策形成と議員行動の変容:2009年自由民主党議員への政治意識調査から2011

    • Author(s)
      建林正彦・藤村直史
    • Journal Title

      法学論叢

      Volume: 169 Pages: 1-35

    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 議会の構造は政策的帰結に影響を与えるのか? : 委員会の強さと政府支出に関する39ヶ国比較研究2013

    • Author(s)
      藤村直史
    • Organizer
      日本比較政治学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学
    • Year and Date
      2013-06-22
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Nomination Errors under the Single Nontransferable Vote System : Evidence from Japan2013

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura
    • Organizer
      the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Loews Hollywood Hotel : Los Angeles, CA
    • Year and Date
      2013-03-28
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 大統領制の議院内閣制化 : 岡山県を事例とした政党の都道府県組織と地方政治2011

    • Author(s)
      藤村直史
    • Organizer
      日本選挙学会総会
    • Place of Presentation
      関西学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2011-05-15
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Legislative Organization of the Democratic Party of Japan2011

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura
    • Organizer
      the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Hawaii Convention Center : HI
    • Year and Date
      2011-04-03
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Alternative Paths to Party Polarization : External Impact of Intraparty Organization in Japan2011

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Sasada, Naofumi Fujimura, and Satoshi Machidori
    • Organizer
      the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Hawaii Convention Center : HI
    • Year and Date
      2011-04-03
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Electoral Institutions and Legislators’ Representation of Constituencies: Empirical Evidence from Japan’s SNTV and SMD Systems2011

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura
    • Organizer
      Essex-Kobe Research Collaboration Seminar
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 議会の構造は政策的帰結に影響を与えるのか?: 委員会の強さと政府支出に関する39ヶ国比較研究

    • Author(s)
      藤村直史
    • Organizer
      日本比較政治学会
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Nomination Errors under the Single Nontransferable Vote System: Evidence from Japan

    • Author(s)
      Naofumi Fujimura
    • Organizer
      Western Political Science Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Loews Hollywood Hotel: Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 地方政治における政党の位置づけと機能 自民党岡山県連の事例から, 政党組織の政治学 (建林正彦編)2013

    • Author(s)
      藤村直史
    • Publisher
      東洋経済新報社
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/fujimuranaofumi/

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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