Japanese electoral politics : creating a new party system

Other Authors: Reed, Steven R.,( 1947-)
Published: London New York: Routledge, 2003..
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The political context of the 1996 and 2000 elections
  • 1: The 1993 election and the end of LDP dominance (Reed)
  • 2: Realignment between the 1993 and 1996 elections (Reed)
  • 3: Realignment between the 1996 and 2000 elections (Reed)
  • PartII: Four prefectural case studies
  • 4: Political realignment in Nagano: Hata Tsutomu and the new opposition challenge the LDP (Ethan Scheiner)
  • 5: A local five-party alliance challenges the LDP in Hyogo (Karen Cox)
  • 6: Inheriting the 'conservative kingdom' in Ibaraki (Hulda Thora-Sveinsdottir)
  • 7: Kagoshima: the prefecture that realignment forgot (Robert Weiner)
  • Part III: Analysis
  • 8: Who won the 1996 election? (Reed)
  • 9: Who won the 2000 election? (Reed).