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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2025

Amy Catalinac
Amy Catalinac
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Dominance Through Division
Group-Based Clientelism in Japan
 , pp. 363 - 366
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Abe Shinzo, 39, 46, 47, 49, 64, 203
Abenomics, 45
Allied Occupation of Japan, 140
Aso Taro, 39, 203, 216
campaign manifestos, 216–219, 222
clientelism
brokers, 84, 86, 103, 104, 316
collective action, 10
definitions, 5, 77, 78, 83, 84, 86, 90, 107
economic development, 105, 106, 316
implications for democracy, 79, 107
policy recommendations, 102, 313
problem of contingency, 6, 81–83, 85
target of exchange, 7, 85, 86, 88–91, 107, 133, 134
constitution, 28, 140
consumption tax, 46
corruption, 144, 245
COVID-19, 48
Ehime First District, 269
Election Management Commission, 142, 143
election manifestos, 62
elections
House of Councilors (HOC)
1998, 37
2007, 39
2010, 41
2013, 45, 47
House of Representatives (HOR)
1993, 31
1996, 34, 58
2000, 38
2003, 38
2005, 38, 62, 63, 171
2009, 39, 40, 171, 172, 203–206
2012, 42, 58
2014, 45, 64
2017, 48, 64, 216
2021, 49, 64
electoral districts
boundaries of, 94, 140–142, 144–146, 258
conditions for GBC, 8, 12, 21, 87, 163, 165–167, 169–172, 181, 218, 235, 239, 295, 313–315, 318
ruralness, 34, 39, 40, 63, 66, 67, 97, 242–244
vote counting within, 92–97
electoral systems
and particularism. See particularism, reasons for
Japan’s 1994 electoral reform, 14, 22, 23, 32, 56, 63, 68, 71, 166, 171, 195, 218, 251, 257, 281
mixed-member majoritarian (MMM), 32, 33, 57–61, 177
open-list proportional representation (OLPR), 318
single nontransferable vote in multimember districts (SNTV-MMD), 54–56, 61, 66, 140, 177, 267
Fiscal Investment and Loan Program (FILP), 156
Fukuda Yasuo, 39, 203
Hatoyama Yukio, 64, 203
House of Councilors (HOC), 29, 37, 39, 41, 140
elections. See elections, House of Councilors (HOC)
House of Representatives (HOR), 29, 140, 144
elections. See elections, House of Representatives (HOR)
Kanemaru Shin, 246
Kishida Fumio, 49
Koike Yuriko, 47
Koizumi Junichiro, 38, 63, 64, 161, 171
Law No. 43, 140
Local Autonomy Law, 141
Local Public Finance Law, 156
malapportionment, 242, 243
methods
fixed effects, 175, 183, 186, 188, 196, 197, 254, 256, 303
variables, 178–180, 183, 201, 239–241, 243–246, 276–278
Mihara Asahiko, 161
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIC), 154, 157
municipalities
categories of, 142, 177
financing of, 66, 99, 147–150, 152, 153, 161, 244
government outlays to, 68, 69, 147, 152
local allocation tax (LAT), 152–155, 162, 243, 244
national treasury disbursements (NTD), 152, 153, 155–162, 165, 178, 180, 216, 243, 244, 314
lobbying, 159, 211
mergers of, 146, 161, 167, 177, 197, 295
ordinance-designated cities, 166
responsibilities of, 142, 144, 150, 151
ruralness, 150, 155, 195, 283, 307, 309
split, 163, 165, 177, 178, 181, 313
Nara City, 257, 258
Nara First District, 257, 258, 269
Nikai Toshihiro, 215
Ozawa Ichiro, 37
paradox of voting, 113, 128
particularism
electoral system, 67, 200
lobbying for, 115, 212, 213
reasons for, 56, 60, 68, 126, 128, 171
to core supporters, 66, 68, 131–133, 136, 236, 237, 269, 270
to swing voters, 130, 136, 236, 237, 270
type of goods, 66, 89, 97–99, 107, 128, 212, 216–219, 312, 318
party system
transformation in, 51
political institutions, 8, 91, 93, 101, 102, 105, 313
political parties
Conservative Party, 38
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), 48, 49, 53
Democratic Party (DP), 47, 48
Democratic Party for the People (DPP), 48, 49
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), 37, 38, 40–42, 46, 47, 53, 58, 64, 203, 204, 299
Japan Communist Party (JCP), 29, 49
Japan Innovation Party (JIP), 46–49
Japan Restoration Party (JRP), 42, 46
Japan Socialist Party (JSP), 29, 53
Komeito, 38, 53, 60, 64
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
campaigning, 54–59, 61–63, 214, 215, 222
diversified linkage party, 28, 72, 218, 319
dual candidacy, 60, 200, 298
factions, 67, 221
formation of, 28
former occupations, 220, 221
LDP-aligned independents, 201
loss of power, 23, 25, 31, 33, 39, 40, 54, 64, 203–206, 319
presidential election, 67
relationship with bureaucrats, 15, 160, 161, 211–213, 220, 221
seniority, 245, 246
support groups, 63, 213, 218, 318
support rates, 51, 53
Liberal Party (1997), 37, 38
Liberal Party (2016), 47, 48
New Frontier Party (NFP), 34, 37
New Liberal Club, 31
Nippon Ishin no Kai (JIP), 47
Party for Future Generations (PFG), 46
Party for Japanese Kokoro, 47
Party of Hope, 47, 48
Peoples’ Life First (PLP), 42, 46
Sakigake, 33, 34
Social Democratic Party (SDP), 34
Tokyoites First, 47
Tomorrow Party of Japan, 42
Your Party, 42, 46
populism, 316
pork-barrel politics. See particularism
prefectural capitals, 250, 254
Public Office Election Law (POEL), 142, 143
Sato Bunsei, 214
Suga Yoshihide, 49
Takeshita Noboru, 246
Tanaka Kakuei, 213, 214
tournaments
asymmetrically sized groups, 16, 17, 121–123, 125, 229, 232, 236–238, 246–248, 257, 258, 263–265
collective action, 111
conditions for, 114, 117, 120
formal models, 109
implications of, 11, 110, 111, 127, 129, 130, 136, 169, 170, 207, 208, 224, 317
implicitness, 121
labor economics, 112
law firms, 113, 120
pivotality, 114, 116–119
prizes and prize structure, 9, 10, 14, 115, 118, 120, 123–126, 130, 134–136, 207, 208, 234, 238
ranking methods, 9, 122, 123
turnout, 18, 117–119, 126, 170, 273–275, 299–301
Tractor for the Vote Fields, 223
turnout
determinants of, 278–283, 301–303, 305–307, 309
in a tournament. See tournaments, turnout
voter surveys, 15, 16, 21, 51, 53, 224, 225, 227, 228
Yamamoto Kozo, 161

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