2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Transformation of Political Parties in the United States : The Function of Primaries in "the Realignment without Critical Elections"
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19330029
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
KUBO Fumiaki The University of Tokyo, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (00126046)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUOKA Yasushi 熊本県立大学, 総合管理学部, 教授 (40190425)
SUGAWARA Kazuyuki 釧路公立大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (90433119)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | アメリカ / 政党 / 政治 / 民主党 / 共和党 / 変容 / 再編成 / イデオロギー |
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| Research Abstract |
The US major political parties have undergone great transformation in ideology and political outlook since the 1960s. In particular, the Republican Party became a deeply conservative party although it used to contain many moderates and even some liberals in the 1960s. In order to explain the mechanism of the change, this research project focused on the roles and functions that the primaries perform. By investing their energy in the Republican primaries and cooperating with each other there, the conservative groups such as anti tax groups, evangelical groups, pro-gun forces and small business groups have succeeded in defeating the moderates and liberals, thereby transforming the Party into one mostly dominated by the conservatives.
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