Strategic Imperatives of Japan's SNTV Electoral System and the Cooperative Innovations of the Former Opposition Parties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6244656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raymond V Christensen (University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 312-334 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010414096029003003 |
| OpenAlex | W2046804256 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 10 |
Single nontransferable vote (SNTV) electoral systems create severe collective-action problems for political parties. If multimember districts are used, large political parties must run the optimal number of candidates in each district and divide the vote equally between those candidates. Failure to do so will cost a party seats. In Japan, the former parties of the non-Communist opposition cooperated in all national elections from 1971 to 1990. In their efforts to cooperate, these parties as a group faced collective-action problems. To compensate for these problems, these parties modified their methods of cooperation. The widespread nature of these innovations in cooperation rebuts the common assertions that the Japanese opposition acted irrationally or incompetently
Collective action · Communism · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Electoral system · Law and economics · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Public Administration
Syndromes of Corruption
Syndromes of Corruption
Japan's Multimember SNTV System and Strategic Voting
Reformas de sistemas eleitorais
Strategic Incentives in Unconventional Electoral Systems
Party Strategy or Candidate Strategy
Coordinative Advantages of State Resources under SNTV
Coordination between electoral arenas in multilevel countries
Electoral system effects and ruling party dominance in Japan
Urban outfitters
The logic of delegation
Japan's political marketplace
Seat Bonuses under the Single Nontransferable Vote System
Structure and Behaviour
Factional Competition for the Party Endorsement
Japan's 1990 general election
Coalitions and Cabinet Government
Structure and Policy in Japan and the United States
Election Campaigning Japanese Style
| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2014 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |