The Impact of Independent Voters on Party System Change in Japan
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10620077
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 |
TANAKA Aiji Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics, Professor, 政治経済学部, 教授 (40188280)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 1999
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
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| Keywords | Indedendents / The 1955 Party System / Party System / Partisanship / Voter Attitudes / Partison Realignment / Partison Dealignment / Public Opinion / 政治意識 / 政党支持 |
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| Research Abstract |
I have examined Japanese party system from 1972 to 1996, and have found that Japanese party system was gradually transformed as the independent voters increased. In addition, Japanese party system clearly changed its nature around 1986 to 1987 when the bipolar structure of liberal-conservative or left-right division started diminishing. Given these two factors as independent variables, Japanese party system has been experiencing partisan dealignment as well as partisan realignment at the same time. It is still in its transitional period, but the transformation took place in Japanese party system will not be reversible.
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