Yusaku Horiuchi

Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan

Cross-Level and Cross-National Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

This book theoretically and empirically explores the puzzling 'turnout twist' phenomenon in Japan where municipal elections often record considerably higher turnout than national elections.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 148mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780415331760
• ISBN-10: 0415331765
• Artikelnr.: 22135770

Autorenporträt

Yusaku Horiuchi is Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College and hold the Mitsui Chair in the Study of Japan. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and specializes in comparative politics (electoral politics, political economy, public opinion, Japan) and political methodology (statistical methods, research design). His articles appeared in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, World Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, among others.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Turnout Twist: Higher Voter Turnout in Lower-Level
Elections 3. A Rational Choice Model of Relative Voter Turnout 4. Three
Levels of Quantitative Tests 5. Culture or Institutions? Elections in a
Traditional Society 6. Conclusion Appendix A. Cross-National Analysis: Data
Sources Appendix B. French Communal Elections Appendix C. Survey Data
Analysis: Question Wording and Coding Appendix D. A Single Vote Can be
Decisive: Examples from Japan Bibliography