Party System Polarization and Electoral Participation
Project/Area Number |
26780082
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Politics
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Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University (2015-2016) The University of Tokyo (2014) |
Principal Investigator |
Sakaiya Shiro 首都大学東京, 社会科学研究科, 准教授 (70568419)
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Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
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Keywords | 政治参加 / 投票参加 / 政治的平等 / 政党システム / 政治的格差 / 国際比較分析 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examines whether voters who see larger ideological differences between the parties are more likely to participate in elections. This hypothesis is implied by Anthony Downs’s classical rational voter theory. To test this hypothesis, recent surveys of Japanese voters and large-scale international comparative surveys (Comparative Study of Electoral Systems) are utilized. A new index is proposed to measure voters’ subjective degree of party system polarization and used as a key independent variable. The results suggest that the Downs’ hypothesis is valid in Japan and many other democracies.
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Report
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Research Products
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[Book] 政治学の方法2014
Author(s)
加藤淳子・境家史郎・山本健太郎
Total Pages
264
Publisher
有斐閣
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