Alisa Gaunder
Biographic Data
| ID | 4380912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alisa Gaunder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaunder |
| SIGNATURE | GAUNDER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Leadership in crisis: Comparing Prime Minister Abe’s and Chancellor Merkel’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Women and Political Inequality in Japan: Gender Imbalanced Democracy
Journal Article Women and Political Inequality in Japan: Gender Imbalanced Democracy Get access Women and Political Inequality in Japan: Gender Imbalanced Democracyby Mikiko EtoLondon: Routledge, 2021, 258 pp., $160.00 (ISBN 9780367522094) Alisa GAUNDER Alisa GAUNDER Southwestern University [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 26, Issue 2, Summer 20…
Japanese Politics and Government
Conservative Women in Germany and Japan: Chancellors versus Madonnas
Despite many similarities between them, the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have represented women in parliament at different rates. This article argues that differences in party organization, electoral system rules, and left party strength interact to explain the varying levels of representation of conservative women in parliament. The CDU's corporatist structure allowed it to represent div…
Japanese Politics and Government
This book investigates Japanese politics in the postwar era from theoretical and comparative perspectives. After providing historical context, it offers an in-depth exploration of postwar political institutions, political reform in the 1990s, the policymaking process, and the politics of economic growth and stagnation. The author draws attention to key policy issues including women and work, immigration, Japanese aging/low fertility society, and …
The institutional landscape of Japanese politics
Quota Nonadoption in Japan: The Role of the Women's Movement and the Opposition
In 2003, Japan's dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) committed to the goal of 30% female representation in management and political positions by 2020 to conform with the international norm to promote women's leadership. This nonbinding commitment received widespread media attention. In 2012, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe reemphasized this goal before the lower house election. Yet, in his first cabinet, Abe appointed only two women. Moreover, in t…
The DPJ and Women: The Limited Impact of the 2009 Alternation of Power on Policy and Governance
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) saw forty of its forty-six female candidates elected in the 2009 lower house election; twenty-six were first-time candidates. Recently, both the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the DPJ have supported more women as “change” candidates in response to changing electoral incentives that favor broad appeals. The DPJ's victory, however, has not had a large impact on women in terms of governance or policy. An explo…
The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics
WIN WIN's Struggles with the Institutional Transfer of the Emily's List Model to Japan: The Role of Accountability and Policy
This article addresses the complexities of institutional transfer by exploring the case of EMILY's List and WIN WIN, two women's organizations in the US and Japan respectively that seek to increase the number of women in office by providing funds early in candidates’ campaigns. Specifically, it asks why WIN WIN has struggled to successfully implement the EMILY's List model in Japan. This article argues that differing institutional environments an…
Political Reform in Japan
Political Reform in Japan argues that the quality of political leadership is the crucial determinant of whether parties in positions of dominance, like the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, pass or reject policies such as electoral system and campaign finance reforms that could harm the party's future electoral chances. By comparing successful reform drives led by Miki Takeo, Ozawa Ichiro and Koizumi Junichiro with unsuccessful reform efforts pu…
Reform Leadership in the United States and Japan: A Comparison of John McCain and Ozawa Ichirō
This article explores the puzzle of whether similar legislation in varying institutional contexts requires similar leaders. Specifically, it asks if it is possible to identify key characteristics of reform leadership cross-nationally. A case study of the leadership of John McCain in the United States and Ozawa Ichirō in Japan reveals that risk taking, vision and commitment, when combined with country-specific resources, proved decisive in allowin…
Political Reform in Japan: Leadership Looming Large
Award Recipients
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Quota Nonadoption in Japan: The Role of the Women's Movement and the Opposition
In 2003, Japan's dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) committed to the goal of 30% female representation in management and political positions by 2020 to conform with the international norm to promote women's leadership. This nonbinding commitment received widespread media attention. In 2012, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe reemphasized this goal before the lower house election. Yet, in his first cabinet, Abe appointed only two women. Moreover, in t…
The DPJ and Women: The Limited Impact of the 2009 Alternation of Power on Policy and Governance
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) saw forty of its forty-six female candidates elected in the 2009 lower house election; twenty-six were first-time candidates. Recently, both the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the DPJ have supported more women as “change” candidates in response to changing electoral incentives that favor broad appeals. The DPJ's victory, however, has not had a large impact on women in terms of governance or policy. An explo…
Conservative Women in Germany and Japan: Chancellors versus Madonnas
Despite many similarities between them, the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have represented women in parliament at different rates. This article argues that differences in party organization, electoral system rules, and left party strength interact to explain the varying levels of representation of conservative women in parliament. The CDU's corporatist structure allowed it to represent div…
WIN WIN's Struggles with the Institutional Transfer of the Emily's List Model to Japan: The Role of Accountability and Policy
This article addresses the complexities of institutional transfer by exploring the case of EMILY's List and WIN WIN, two women's organizations in the US and Japan respectively that seek to increase the number of women in office by providing funds early in candidates’ campaigns. Specifically, it asks why WIN WIN has struggled to successfully implement the EMILY's List model in Japan. This article argues that differing institutional environments an…
Award Recipients
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Political Reform in Japan
Political Reform in Japan argues that the quality of political leadership is the crucial determinant of whether parties in positions of dominance, like the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, pass or reject policies such as electoral system and campaign finance reforms that could harm the party's future electoral chances. By comparing successful reform drives led by Miki Takeo, Ozawa Ichiro and Koizumi Junichiro with unsuccessful reform efforts pu…
Reform Leadership in the United States and Japan: A Comparison of John McCain and Ozawa Ichirō
This article explores the puzzle of whether similar legislation in varying institutional contexts requires similar leaders. Specifically, it asks if it is possible to identify key characteristics of reform leadership cross-nationally. A case study of the leadership of John McCain in the United States and Ozawa Ichirō in Japan reveals that risk taking, vision and commitment, when combined with country-specific resources, proved decisive in allowin…
Political Reform in Japan: Leadership Looming Large
The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics
WIN WIN's Struggles with the Institutional Transfer of the Emily's List Model to Japan: The Role of Accountability and Policy
This article addresses the complexities of institutional transfer by exploring the case of EMILY's List and WIN WIN, two women's organizations in the US and Japan respectively that seek to increase the number of women in office by providing funds early in candidates’ campaigns. Specifically, it asks why WIN WIN has struggled to successfully implement the EMILY's List model in Japan. This article argues that differing institutional environments an…
The DPJ and Women: The Limited Impact of the 2009 Alternation of Power on Policy and Governance
The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) saw forty of its forty-six female candidates elected in the 2009 lower house election; twenty-six were first-time candidates. Recently, both the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the DPJ have supported more women as “change” candidates in response to changing electoral incentives that favor broad appeals. The DPJ's victory, however, has not had a large impact on women in terms of governance or policy. An explo…
The institutional landscape of Japanese politics
Quota Nonadoption in Japan: The Role of the Women's Movement and the Opposition
In 2003, Japan's dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) committed to the goal of 30% female representation in management and political positions by 2020 to conform with the international norm to promote women's leadership. This nonbinding commitment received widespread media attention. In 2012, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe reemphasized this goal before the lower house election. Yet, in his first cabinet, Abe appointed only two women. Moreover, in t…
Japanese Politics and Government
This book investigates Japanese politics in the postwar era from theoretical and comparative perspectives. After providing historical context, it offers an in-depth exploration of postwar political institutions, political reform in the 1990s, the policymaking process, and the politics of economic growth and stagnation. The author draws attention to key policy issues including women and work, immigration, Japanese aging/low fertility society, and …
Conservative Women in Germany and Japan: Chancellors versus Madonnas
Despite many similarities between them, the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have represented women in parliament at different rates. This article argues that differences in party organization, electoral system rules, and left party strength interact to explain the varying levels of representation of conservative women in parliament. The CDU's corporatist structure allowed it to represent div…
Japanese Politics and Government
Women and Political Inequality in Japan: Gender Imbalanced Democracy
Journal Article Women and Political Inequality in Japan: Gender Imbalanced Democracy Get access Women and Political Inequality in Japan: Gender Imbalanced Democracyby Mikiko EtoLondon: Routledge, 2021, 258 pp., $160.00 (ISBN 9780367522094) Alisa GAUNDER Alisa GAUNDER Southwestern University [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 26, Issue 2, Summer 20…
Leadership in crisis: Comparing Prime Minister Abe’s and Chancellor Merkel’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · 1945 (3 works) · General (3 works) · Japan (3 works)