2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
American "Electoral Democracy" in Crisis: Social-Economic Changes and Political Respnoses
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23330046
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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 | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IIDA Takeshi 同志社大学, 法学部, 准教授 (50468873)
IMAMURA Hiroshi 早稲田大学, 社会科学総合学術院, 教授 (80184828)
KAWAGISHI Norikazu 早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 教授 (10224742)
NAKAYAMA Toshihiro 慶應義塾大学, 総合政策学部, 教授 (60439560)
MAESHIMA Kazuhiro 上智大学, 総合グローバル学部, 教授 (10350729)
MATSUMOTO Shunta 名城大学, 法学部, 准教授 (90424944)
WATANABE Masahito 北海道大学, 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究科, 准教授 (80588814)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | デモクラシー / 政治経済的変化 / 社会の分極化 / 選挙 / ２党制 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The deadlock of politics and resulting confusions in the recent America have been caused by the fact that the institutions and practices of American “electoral democracy” have not worked well--institutions include the division of power, federalism, two-party system and the party presidential nomination by primary elections, and practices mean the weak party discipline in Congress and policy making by compromise.
In the social and economic changes since the 1960s, women and minorities won big voices, and the Federal Supreme Court rulings gave them the legal foundation for demanding the federal government to correct discriminations. In response to these changes, political parties democratized their presidential candidate nomination procedures. Mass media polarized public opinion, and the SNS deepened political polarization. Reducing differences in value among generations over time, and a realignment of political parties may alleviate these polarization situations.
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| Free Research Field |
政治学
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