Japan Decides 2012: The Japanese General Election

The 2012 election in Japan ejected the governing DPJ and returned the LDP overwhelmingly to power while brand new parties pulled in millions of voters. This book explains what happened, why it happened and what it means. International experts analyze the election results, parties strategies, gender issues, policy implications and more.

Author: R. Pekkanen
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 257
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9781349467655

About the Author
Matthew Carlson, University of Vermont, USA Ray Christensen, Brigham Young University, USA Masahisa Endo, Waseda University, Japan Axel Klein, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Paul Midford, Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU) Aurelia George Mulgan, University of New South Wales, Australia Sherry Martin Murphy, Washington DC based political scientist Kuniaki Nemoto, Waseda University, Japan Benjamin Nyblade, University of British Columbia, Canada Kay Shimizu, Columbia University, USA Daniel M. Smith, Stanford University, USA Michael F. Thies, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, UCLA, USA Yves Tiberghien, University of British Columbia, Canada Robert J. Weiner, Naval Postgraduate School, USA Christian G. Winkler, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), Japan Yuki Yanai, Department of Political Science at UCLA, a research associate at Waseda University, Japan