Japanese Democracy and Lessons for the United States: Eight Counterintuitive Lessons

ISBN-13: 9780367440053 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 206 str.

Ray Christensen

Opis

This book presents a collection of lessons on how best to run elections and politics, using examples from the Japanese experience and showing how elections operate in a non-Western democracy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. One-party rule  3. Campaign regulations  4. Drawing the boundaries of election districts  5. Supreme Courts and election procedures  6. Corruption  7. Democracy and political instability  8. Acceptance of election results  9. Conclusion

O autorze

Ray Christensen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University, USA. His research focuses on aspects of Japanese elections including gender issues, gerrymandering, malapportionment, corruption, and electoral alliances.