{"product_id":"democracy-without-competition-in-japan-opposition-failure-in-a-one-party-dominant-state-hardback-9780521846929","title":"Democracy without Competition in Japan; Opposition Failure in a One-Party Dominant State (Hardback) 9780521846929","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocracy without Competition in Japan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOpposition Failure in a One-Party Dominant State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEthan Scheiner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521846929, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e286 pages, 32 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 2.1 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is a serious work of comparative government aimed at a scholarly audience.' Political Studies Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDespite its democratic structure, Japan's government has been dominated by a single party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 1955. This book offers an explanation for why, even in the face of great dissatisfaction with the LDP, no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a credible challenger in Japan. Understanding such failure is important for many reasons, from its effect on Japanese economic policy to its implications for what facilitates democratic responsiveness more broadly. The principal explanations for opposition failure in Japan focus on the country's culture and electoral system. This book offers a new interpretation, arguing that a far more plausible explanation rests on the predominance in Japan of clientelism, combined with a centralized government structure and electoral protection for groups that benefit from clientelism. While the central case in the book is Japan, the analysis is also comparative and applies the framework cross-nationally.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The importance of party competition and a model of party competition failure\u003cbr\u003e 2. Opposition failure in Japan: background and explanations\u003cbr\u003e 3. Clientelism and its determinants\u003cbr\u003e 4. The impact of clientelism and centralized government financial structure: comparative analysis\u003cbr\u003e 5. Local opposition failure in Japan\u003cbr\u003e 6. National level opposition failure: the impact of subnational level weakness\u003cbr\u003e 7. Political economy changes and their impact on party systems: comparative analysis\u003cbr\u003e 8. Parallel party systems: political economy changes and the limits to anti-clientelist appeals in Japan\u003cbr\u003e 9. The problem of organization and coherence in top-down party formation\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusion: democracy without competition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political parties [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political parties\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20parties%20%5BJPL%5D%22\"\u003eJPL\u003c\/a\u003e], Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e], Regional studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Regional studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Regional%20studies%20%5BGTB%5D%22\"\u003eGTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265235505432,"sku":"9780521846929","price":61.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521609692.jpg?v=1692020859","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democracy-without-competition-in-japan-opposition-failure-in-a-one-party-dominant-state-hardback-9780521846929","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}