The Political Impact of Electoral System Change in Japan and New Zealand, 1996
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6316698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Gallagher (0000-0002-3858-0130, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-228 |
| Publication date | 1998-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354068898004002004 |
| OpenAlex | W2047435103 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 17 |
In 1996, both Japan and New Zealand adopted new electoral systems with strong similarities, though also significant differences. In each case the new electoral system entails the election of most MPs by single-member plurality, while the remainder are elected from lists. The aims of the reform were less clear, and more party-driven, in Japan than in New Zealand. In Japan there is no evidence as yet that `money politics', or the importance of the individual candidate, have disappeared. The new systems have had an effect on the internal life of the parties, especially on candidate selection. The change in the New Zealand system, as could have been predicted, has led to a great increase in proportionality, but the new Japanese system is actually less proportional than the previous single non-transferable vote electoral system. The effect on the New Zealand political system will be major, but the extent of the impact of electoral system change in Japan is not yet clear
Democracy · Economics · Electoral geography · Electoral politics · Electoral reform · Electoral system · Political economy · Political science · Political system · Politics · Proportional representation · Proportionality (law · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Predicting Party Sizes
Electoral Engineering
The Politics of Electoral Reform
Partisan Bias in Japan's Single Member Districts
Electoral Systems and Candidate Selection
The political consequences of changes in district magnitude
Tweeting the Mandate? Local Newspaper Sharing and the Mandate Divide in MPs’ Social Media Use
Do electoral rules have an effect on electoral behaviour? An impact assessment
The Effects of Proportional Representation on Election Lawmaking
Explaining Electoral Reform
How Much Change
Japanese Political Realignment in Perspective
Issues and Party Competition Under Alternative Electoral Systems
Toward a Two-Party System or Two Party Systems
When Does the Personal Vote Matter for Party Loyalty? The Conditional Effects of Candidate-Centred Electoral Systems
Effects of the Mixed Parallel Electoral System in Lithuania
Parliamentary party groups and their parties
Investigating the Effects of Directly Electing the Prime Minister
The Political Frame for Negotiated Capitalism
Voters and their representatives
Does Electoral System Reform Work? Electoral System Lessons from Reforms of the 1990s
Reapportionment and Redistribution
Does the Electoral System Foster a Predominant Party System? Evidence from Turkey
Party support or personal resources? Factors of success in the plurality portion of the 1999 national legislative elections in Russia
Split-Ticket Voting in an STV System
New Labour, new electoral system, new electoral geographies
The Singapore general election 1997
Japan's new electoral system
The Japanese House of Councillors election 1998 in comparative perspective
Why parties adapt
The impact of election outcome on internal political efficacy
Campaigning and split-ticket voting in new electoral systems
The difficult science of electoral systems
Parties, Candidates, and Voters in Japan. Six Quantitative Studies
Voter Turnout and Strategic Ticket-Splitting under Japan's New Electoral Rules
Japan in 1996
The Nomination Process for Japan's Next General Election
Japan's New Electoral System
Why did New Zealand adopt German‐style proportional representation
The Politics of Electoral Reform in Japan
Effective” Number of Parties
Is the Single Nontransferable Vote Superproportional? Evidence from Japan and Taiwan
Comparing Proportional Representation Electoral Systems
Factional Competition for the Party Endorsement
The Government and Politics of Japan
Proportionality, disproportionality and electoral systems
The 1996 Japanese general election
| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |