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A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform

Part of the Studies in Public Choice Book Series (volume 24)

Editors: Giannetti, Daniela; Grofman, Bernard

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7228-6

ISBN: 978-1-4419-7227-9

Publisher: Springer New York - Springer Journals

Aug 31, 2010

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Chapter 1Introduction: Long-Run Consequences of Electoral Rules Change: Comparing Italy and Japan

Grofman, Bernard; Giannetti, Daniela

Pages: 1 –12

[In the modern era, representation is the hallmark of democracy, and electoral rules structure how representation works and how effectively governments perform. Moreover, of the key structural variables in constitutional design,1 it is the choice of electoral system that is usually the most open...
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Chapter 2Party Competition Under New Electoral Rules in Italy and Japan, 1994–2009

Di Virgilio, Aldo; Kato, Junko

Pages: 13 –33

[The political history of Italy and Japan during the post-war period is strongly associated with two dominant parties: the Italian Christian Democrats (DC) and the Japanese Liberal Democrat Party (LDP). Notwithstanding this similarity, the electoral and party systems of the two countries...
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Chapter 3The Changing Bases of Party Support in Italy and Japan: Similarities and Differences

Giannetti, Daniela; Taniguchi, Naoko

Pages: 35 –59

[This chapter explores the link between electoral reforms and structural changes in the social bases of party support in Italy and Japan. Italy and Japan offer important case studies as they underwent significant electoral reform in the early 1990s as part of a more general process of political...
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Chapter 4Nominating Candidates Under New Rules in Italy and Japan: You Cannot Bargain with Resources You Do Not Have

Di Virgilio, Aldo; Reed, Steven R.

Pages: 61 –75

[In the 1990s, Italy and Japan both adopted mixed-member majoritarian (MMM) electoral systems that combined single member districts (SMDs) with proportional representation (PR) (Shugart and Wattenberg 2001b). Political parties in both countries were thus faced with the novel problem of deciding...
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Chapter 5Electoral Reform and Factional Politics in Italy and Japan

Giannetti, Daniela; Thies, Michael F.

Pages: 77 –96

[Italy and Japan have often been compared on the basis of the fact that they both had a highly factionalized dominant party that maintained control of national government for long periods of time. While the Italian Christian Democratic Party (DC) was typically the dominant party in multiparty...
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Chapter 6Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan: Unanticipated Outcomes?

Scheiner, Ethan; Tronconi, Filippo

Pages: 97 –113

[During the 1980s and into the 1990s, citizens in Italy and Japan grew fed up with the politics of their country. The elite politician class of both countries faced problems of accountability and corruption. Finally, news of scandals in both countries in the early 1990s provided the impetus for...

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