The Effect of the Uneven District Magnitude of the Japanese House of Councillors on the Electoral Competition and its Democratic Consequence
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26885053
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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 | Ehime University |
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Principal Investigator |
Umeda Michio 愛媛大学, 法文学部, 講師 (80735324)
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| Research Collaborator |
KATO Mami
KOHNO Ayaka
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
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| Keywords | 選挙制度 / 計量政治学 / 日本政治 / 参議院 / 選挙政治 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study shows that the uneven district magnitude of the Japanese Upper House have significant impact on the allocation of electoral resource by political parties, which could have resulted in a bias of political participation and representation of the electorate. More specifically, this study shows that political parties allocate party leader district visits as well voter’s mobilization such as telephone canvassing to single member districts rather than the districts with double member districts, especially in the late 2000s when the LDP and the DPJ formed the two-party system in Japan. Moreover, this study also indicates that in 2010 Upper House election the turnout of the double member districts increased, when the DPJ nominated second candidates in most of these districts.
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Report
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Research Products
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