Sadafumi Kawato
Biographic Data
| ID | 755351 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sadafumi Kawato |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sadafumi |
| FAMILY NAME | Kawato |
| SIGNATURE | KAWATO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tohoku University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Strategic Contexts of the Vote on Political Reform Bills
This article employs a simple model of sophisticated voting under incomplete information and explores the strategic contexts of the vote on political reform bills in Japan. The government-sponsored political reform bills were voted down by the defection of government coalition members in the House of Councillors before a final compromise was reached in the joint committee of both houses and passed subsequently. In contrast to the accepted view th…
Party System Change: Approaches and Interpretations. Peter Mair
A Comparative Approach to Legislative Organization: Careerism and Seniority in the United States and Japan
Theory: This paper provides a comparative study of legislative institutions in the United States and Japan. It explains the rise of committee-based legislative organizations as an institutional choice made by rational legislators deciding how best to regularize their career advancement subject to electoral and constitutional constraints. Hypotheses: We argue that the rise of careerism within a legislature leads to a regularized system of career a…
The Government and Politics of Japan
The Government and Politics of Japan
Gendai Nihon no senkyo
Nationalization and Partisan Realignment in Congressional Elections
The relationship between nationalization of the U.S. electorate and partisan realignment is explored. Concepts and measurement of nationalization are examined, as well as definitions of electoral change. The British concept of swing is utilized as an appropriate measure of electoral change. Examination of long-term trends in the variances of the congressional vote and swing from 1842 to 1980 shows they are related to the electoral dynamics of rea…
A Comparative Approach to Legislative Organization: Careerism and Seniority in the United States and Japan
Theory: This paper provides a comparative study of legislative institutions in the United States and Japan. It explains the rise of committee-based legislative organizations as an institutional choice made by rational legislators deciding how best to regularize their career advancement subject to electoral and constitutional constraints. Hypotheses: We argue that the rise of careerism within a legislature leads to a regularized system of career a…
Nationalization and Partisan Realignment in Congressional Elections
The relationship between nationalization of the U.S. electorate and partisan realignment is explored. Concepts and measurement of nationalization are examined, as well as definitions of electoral change. The British concept of swing is utilized as an appropriate measure of electoral change. Examination of long-term trends in the variances of the congressional vote and swing from 1842 to 1980 shows they are related to the electoral dynamics of rea…
Strategic Contexts of the Vote on Political Reform Bills
This article employs a simple model of sophisticated voting under incomplete information and explores the strategic contexts of the vote on political reform bills in Japan. The government-sponsored political reform bills were voted down by the defection of government coalition members in the House of Councillors before a final compromise was reached in the joint committee of both houses and passed subsequently. In contrast to the accepted view th…
Party System Change: Approaches and Interpretations. Peter Mair
Nationalization and Partisan Realignment in Congressional Elections
The relationship between nationalization of the U.S. electorate and partisan realignment is explored. Concepts and measurement of nationalization are examined, as well as definitions of electoral change. The British concept of swing is utilized as an appropriate measure of electoral change. Examination of long-term trends in the variances of the congressional vote and swing from 1842 to 1980 shows they are related to the electoral dynamics of rea…
Gendai Nihon no senkyo
The Government and Politics of Japan
The Government and Politics of Japan
A Comparative Approach to Legislative Organization: Careerism and Seniority in the United States and Japan
Theory: This paper provides a comparative study of legislative institutions in the United States and Japan. It explains the rise of committee-based legislative organizations as an institutional choice made by rational legislators deciding how best to regularize their career advancement subject to electoral and constitutional constraints. Hypotheses: We argue that the rise of careerism within a legislature leads to a regularized system of career a…
Party System Change: Approaches and Interpretations. Peter Mair
Strategic Contexts of the Vote on Political Reform Bills
This article employs a simple model of sophisticated voting under incomplete information and explores the strategic contexts of the vote on political reform bills in Japan. The government-sponsored political reform bills were voted down by the defection of government coalition members in the House of Councillors before a final compromise was reached in the joint committee of both houses and passed subsequently. In contrast to the accepted view th…
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Japanese History and Culture (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works)