Theoretical and empirical research on contemporary Japanese Parliamentary Government

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530128
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: KAWATO Sadafumi 東京大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (10133688)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MACHIDORI Satoshi 京都大学, 大学院法学研究科, 教授 (40283709) ; YAMADA Masahiro 関西学院大学, 法学部, 教授 (40260468)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 議院内閣制 / 日本の政治 / ねじれ国会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project analyzes the operation of the contemporary Japanese parliamentary government with a special emphasis on (1) recent institutional reform, (2) strategic interactions of political actors under institutional constraints, and (3) political process. More specifically, it analyzes 1) how the leadership, relations with bureaucracy,and mass media affect the survival of cabinets; 2) how the cabinet and the Prime Minister's office are organized and managed; 3) how the divided Diet affect the performance of parliamentary government; and 4) how the goverment party jeopardizes the confidence relationship. Part of the results of the analysis will be included in a book entitled "Parliamentary Government" published by the University of Tokyo Press in 2015.

Free Research Field

政治学