Despite its democratic structure, Japan's government has been
dominated by a single party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
since 1955. This book offers an explanation for why, even in the
face of great dissatisfaction with the LDP, no opposition party has
been able to offer itself as a credible challenger in Japan.
Understanding such failure is important for many reasons, from its
effect on Japanese economic policy to its implications for what
facilitates democratic responsiveness more broadly. The principal
explanations for opposition failure in Japan focus on the country's
culture and electoral system. This book offers a new
interpretation, arguing that a far more plausible explanation rests
on the predominance in Japan of clientelism, combined with a
centralized government structure and electoral protection for
groups that benefit from clientelism. While the central case in the
book is Japan, the analysis is also comparative and applies the
framework cross-nationally.
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