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Author Carlson, Matthew, 1972-

Title Money Politics in Japan : New Rules, Old Practices
Published Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (187 pages)
Contents Title Page ; Copyright page ; Contents; Tables and Figures; Tables; Table 1.1 Comparison of Japan's SNTV and Mixed System; Table 2.1 Average Income Collected by LDP Members; Table 2.2 Average Income Collected by DPJ Members; Table 2.3 Politicians with the Largest War Chests in 2003; Table 2.4 Regressions of Quality on All Members' Income; Table 2.5 Regressions of Quality on New-Candidate Income; Table 3.1 Percentage of Funds from Contributions, Fund-Raising, and Party; Table 3.2 Sources of Income for Ko-no Taro; Table 3.3 Sources of Income for Matsumoto Jun
Table 3.4 How Chatani and Wakamatsu Raised Funds in 1996 (yen in millions)Table 4.1 Percentage of District Vote Share (LDP and DPJ); Table 4.2 Expenditures for LDP and DPJ Members (yen per elector); Table 4.3 Regressions of Money on Vote Shares in 2003; Table 5.1 Number of Winning Candidacy Types for LDP; Table 5.2 Number of Winning Candidacy Types for DPJ; Table 5.3 Average Total Income by Candidacy Type (yen in millions); Table 5.4 Regression of Candidate Types on Yearly Income (yen in millions); Table 6.1 Average Number of Support Groups for LDP Members, 1986-2003
Table 6.2 Politicians with Largest Ko-enkai Expenses in JapanTable 6.3 Regressions of Characteristics on LDP Ko-enkai Expenses; Table 6.4 Types of Expenditures for LDP Members by Candidacy Type; Table 6.5 Average Number of Ko-enkai for DPJ in 2000 and 2003; Table 6.6 Types of Expenditures for DPJ by Candidacy Type; Table 7.1 Total Spending and Change in Spending for LDP Members(yen in millions); Figures; Figure 2.1 Income by Number of Previous Terms in 2000 (LDP and DPJ); Figure 3.1 Percentage of Income Collected by New LDP Candidates
Figure 3.2 Percentage of Income Collected by LDP IncumbentsFigure 4.1 Types of Expenses by Previous Number of Terms for LDP in 2003; Figure 4.2 Types of Expenses by Previous Number of Terms for DPJ in 2003; Figure 7.1 Average Costs for LDP Cohorts, 1996-2003; Figure 7.2 Ioku and Watanabe's Total Expenses; Figure 7.3 Hanashi and Nakayama's Total Expenditures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1- Introduction: New Rules, Old Practices; The Importance of Institutions; Politics in the SNTV System; Japan's Mixed-Member Electoral System; Expectations and Consequences of the 1994 Reforms
A Note on Research DesignA Focus on District-level Dynamics and Political Actors; Notes; Chapter 2- Money and Candidate Quality; Candidate Quality in Comparative Perspective; Incumbents and New Candidates; Measuring Total Campaign Income; Comparison of Japan's SNTV and Mixed Systems; Incumbents and New Candidates in the DPJ; Types of Incumbents and Seniority; Candidate Quality and New Candidates in the LDP and DPJ; Multivariate Tests of Candidate Quality and Income; Results for the LDP and DPJ; Results for New Candidates in the LDP and DPJ; Conclusion; Notes
Notes Chapter 3- Adapting to the Mixed System
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Subject Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- Japan
Pressure groups -- Japan
Elections -- Japan
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Campaign funds -- Law and legislation
Elections
Politics and government
Pressure groups
SUBJECT Japan -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95001180
Subject Japan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781626373952
1626373957