Editors:
Provides the definitive account of Japan's 2021 general election
Is the fourth volume in the Japan Decides series and brings together leading scholars from Japan, the US, and Europe
Features chapters on the Abe legacy, the state of the LDP, the political impact of Coronavirus, and the Olympics
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Party Politics
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Front Matter
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The Issues: Domestic and International
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Front Matter
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About this book
Recent elections in Japan have been dramatic, and the 2021 general election was no exception. Worldwide turmoil caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as domestic uncertainty following the resignation of long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, left many voters and political observers wondering whether his successors were up to the task of leading the country through the crisis. In the end, the LDP and coalition partner Kōmeitō eked out an electoral victory—but one that masks important changes in the party system and nuanced changes in voter behavior and preferences. This fourth volume in the Japan Decides series features a comprehensive collection of analyses from leading experts, covering the legacy of Abe’s tenure in office, the state of the LDP and other parties, the impact of COVID-19 and the postponed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and many other important topics in contemporary party politics and domestic and foreign policy.
Keywords
- Japanese Politics
- Japanese General Election
- Party Politics
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics
- Covid 19 Crisis
- Abe Shinzo
- Suga Yoshihide
- general election
- COVID-19
- coronavirus
- presidential selection
- general election
- democratic party of Japan
- constitutional democratic party of Japan
- japanese communist party
- part of hope
- Kishida Fumio
Editors and Affiliations
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Jackson School of International Studies, Seattle, USA
Robert J. Pekkanen
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Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
Steven R. Reed
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Columbia University, New York, USA
Daniel M. Smith
About the editors
Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, USA.
Steven R. Reed is Professor Emeritus, retired from Chuo University, Japan.
Daniel M. Smith is the Gerald L. Curtis Visiting Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy in the Department of Political Science and School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Japan Decides 2021
Book Subtitle: The Japanese General Election
Editors: Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, Daniel M. Smith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11324-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11323-9Published: 01 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11324-6Published: 30 November 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 400
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Electoral Politics, Asian Politics, Political Communication