2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Gerrymandering under Authoritarian Party Dominance
| Project/Area Number |
16K17059
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Toyo University (2017)
Waseda University (2016) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 選挙区割り / ゲリマンダリング / 地理情報システム / 権威主義体制 / マレーシア |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study explores the strategies and consequences of redistricting (gerrymandering). Specifically, it focuses on the key case of authoritarian party dominance in Malaysia and analyzes how the ruling party had manipulated electoral boundaries. By using an originally constructed GIS database, the study explains: how and why gerrymandering strategies under authoritarian party dominance deviate from the conventional wisdom of “crack and pack"; how delineation exercises influenced the durability and decline of the ruling party; and how strategic over/underrepresentation structured electoral and coalition politics.
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| Free Research Field |
政治学
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