The Electoral Fortunes of Legislative Factions in Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3765033 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary W Cox (0000-0002-9256-5193, University of California San Diego), Frances Mccall Rosenbluth (0000-0001-5187-3539, University of California, Los Angeles), Frances Rosenbluth |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 577-589 |
| Publication date | 1993-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2938737 |
| OpenAlex | W2016440516 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 15 |
The legislative factions of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan are so autonomous that the LDP is typically viewed as a coalition of factions, rather than a unitary party. We focus on the electoral role of these factions, finding that the five main factions differed substantially in electoral success in the 1960-79 period, but have been so closely tied together in the 1980s that differences in their electoral fates are statistically indiscernible. In particular, we find that the so-called mainstream factions did consistently better than their nonmainstream rivals before 1980 but not after. We explain the lessening of interfactional differences in terms of a decentralization of fund-raising within factions, which tended to equalize factional war chests (on a per capita basis
Decentralization · Democracy · Economics · Legislature · Mainstream · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Unitary state · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 42 |
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| Citations per year | 1,35 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2024 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |