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Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan: Cross-Level and Cross-National Perspectives

Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan: Cross-Level and Cross-National Perspectives

Horiuchi, Yusaku

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Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

General Political ScienceInternational RelationsJapanese History

ISBN10: 0415648599
ISBN13: 9780415648592
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 13 2012
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

American and European political scientists have claimed that subnational elections almost always record lower voter turnout than national elections. In Japan, however, municipal elections often record considerably higher turnout than national elections, particularly in small towns and villages. Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan theoretically and empirically explores this puzzling 'turnout twist' phenomenon from comparative perspectives. Based on the rational-choice approach, the book hypothesizes that relative voter turnout in subnational vs. national elections is determined by the relative magnitudes of how much is at stake ('election significance') and how much votes count ('vote significance') in these elections.

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