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  • Wedge Issue Politics in Japan: Why Not Revising the Constitution is Helping the Pro-Revision Ruling Party

  • Ko Maeda
  • Journal:
    Journal of East Asian Studies / Volume 23 / Issue 2 / July 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 May 2023, pp. 317-331
    Print publication:
    July 2023
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  • The Liberal Democratic Party maintains a dominant position in Japanese politics while the opposition side is fragmented into many parties. Small opposition parties, namely the Communists, are still surviving even though it has been almost three decades since the 1994 electoral law reform, which made it difficult for such parties to exist. Fragmentation of the opposition is giving an electoral advantage to the ruling party. How can small opposition parties survive? An empirical analysis of voter survey data supports the argument that the controversy over a constitutional revision is playing a role in preventing anti-government voters from unifying under a single party.

  • 2 - Crises, Popular Opinion, and Electoral Authoritarianism

  • Aleksandar Matovski, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
  • Book:
    Popular Dictatorships
    Published online:
    04 November 2021
    Print publication:
    25 November 2021, pp 33-75

  • Summary

    Chapter 2 fully develops the overarching theoretical framework of the book. It first specifies a comprehensive theory as to why electoral authoritarianism tends to be the most preferred remedy for popular majorities living in troubled societies. It then moves on to define the specific rhetorical template and campaign strategy – what I describe as the elected strongman appeal – that electoral authoritarian incumbents use to press their advantage and win favor in populations distraught by turmoil. Finally, Chapter 2 develops a full theory of electoral competition in societies that have experienced deep, traumatic crises. This segment traces how justifying electoral authoritarianism as a strong-armed response to a national emergency enables authoritarian parties and leaders to achieve a genuine popularity advantage over their opponents, and to secure power through the ballot box and with minimal coercion.