Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan: From Pork to Foreign Policy by

Description: Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan by Amy Catalinac Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This book is about the domestic politics of national security in Japan. It uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative approaches to show that Japanese politicians pay more attention to security issues nowadays as a result of the 1994 electoral reform, not because of China or North Korea. Publisher Description Japan is the third-largest economy in the world and a key ally of the United States. Yet the determinants of Japanese security policy are not well understood. The question of why Japan never sought the independent military capabilities that would be commensurate with its economic power has puzzled scholars of international relations for decades. Applying new tools for the quantitative analysis of text to a new collection of 7,497 Japanese-language election manifestos used in elections between 1986 and 2009, this book argues that the electoral strategies politicians in the ruling party were forced to adopt under Japans old electoral system made it extraordinarily difficult for them to focus on security issues and to change security policy. It was only when their electoral strategies shifted after electoral reform in 1994 that these same politicians became able to pay attention and change security policy. Author Biography Amy Catalinac is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University, Massachusetts. She earned her Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University in 2011 and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Program on US-Japan Relations at Harvard University, as well as an Assistant Professor at Australian National University, Canberra. She has taken ten years of training in the Japanese language and has spent five years in Japan, where she has observed the election campaigns of politicians all over Japan and has conducted more than one hundred interviews with political actors at all levels of the Japanese government. Her earlier research was published in Foreign Policy Analysis, Politics and Policy, Japan Forum and Political Science. Details ISBN 1107120497 ISBN-13 9781107120495 Title Electoral Reform and National Security in Japan Author Amy Catalinac Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 268 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:97244382; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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