| Project/Area Number |
25885083
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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| Keywords | Comparative Politics / Political Parties / Coaitions / Elections / Accountability / Latin America / Democracy / Coalitions |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project investigated the formation and duration of political coalitions. The project theorized about the motivations that lead political parties to form partnerships in elections and in government, and demonstrated the consequences of parties’ coalitional strategies for political stability and democratic governance. The primary contribution of this research stems from its focus on non-programmatic political parties. Non-programmatic parties seek only particularistic benefits; they do not have public policy goals. Because their incentives differ from those of other parties, non-programmatic parties influence coalitional politics in ways not previously explained by the comparative politics literature. The empirical component of the project concentrated on the multiparty democracies of Latin America.
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