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The Electoral System and Japan's Partial Transformation: Party System Consolidation Without Policy Realignment by Scheiner, Ethan

“…Japan's electoral system, which emphasizes first-past-the-post, single-member district rules, has led the country's party system to become consolidated around…”
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Does Electoral System Reform Work? Electoral System Lessons from Reforms of the 1990s by Scheiner, Ethan

“…In the early 1990s, popular discontent with politics in Italy, New Zealand, and Japan led to the enactment of new electoral systems in all three countries. The…”
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Governmental Centralization and Party Affiliation: Legislator Strategies in Brazil and Japan by DESPOSATO, SCOTT, SCHEINER, ETHAN

“…What shapes politicians' strategies in political systems where pork, rather than programmatic platforms, wins elections? We argue that resource control…”
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Running on character? Running on policy? An analysis of Japanese candidates' campaign platforms by Adams, James F., Scheiner, Ethan, Kawasumi, Jed

“…We present theoretical and empirical analyses of candidates' platforms in the 2003 and 2009 Japanese House of Representatives elections, in an effort to…”
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The End of LDP Dominance and the Rise of Party-Oriented Politics in Japan by REED, STEVEN R., SCHEINER, ETHAN, THIES, MICHAEL F.

“…The loss of power by the Liberal Democratic Party after more than half a century of dominance was the most obvious outcome of Japan's 2009 election, but…”
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Japan Under the DPJ: The Paradox of Political Change Without Policy Change by Lipscy, Phillip Y., Scheiner, Ethan

“…In 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) brought an end to the long reign of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). However, despite high expectations, this…”
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Electoral Incentives and Policy Preferences: Mixed Motives Behind Party Defections in Japan by REED, STEVEN R., SCHEINER, ETHAN

“…Examining the 1993 split of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Japan offers an opportunity to gain greater insight into the impact of the various incentives…”
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Electoral system effects and ruling party dominance in Japan: A counterfactual simulation based on adaptive parties by Baker, Andy, Scheiner, Ethan

“…Japan's electoral system has long been held to be a primary shaper of party success and failure in Japanese politics. This paper offers a counterfactual…”
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The Evolution of Japan’s Party System: Politics and Policy in an Era of Institutional Change ed. by Leonard J. Schoppa (review) by Scheiner, Ethan

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Social Diversity Affects the Number of Parties Even Under First-Past-the-Post Rules by Milazzo, Caitlin, Moser, Robert G., Scheiner, Ethan

“…Nearly all systematic empirical work on the relationship between social diversity and the number of parties asserts the “interactive hypothesis”—Social…”
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Context, Electoral Rules, and Party Systems by Ferree, Karen E, Powell, G Bingham, Scheiner, Ethan

“…To address concerns over the applicability of the electoral system literature to new and developing democracies, we present a framework for understanding the…”
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Pipelines of Pork: Japanese Politics and a Model of Local Opposition Party Failure by Scheiner, Ethan

“…The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has dominated Japanese politics since 1955, and the party’s even greater dominance of subnational level elections is much of…”
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Strategic voting in established and new democracies: Ticket splitting in mixed-member electoral systems by Moser, Robert G., Scheiner, Ethan

“…Using Cox's ’SF-ratio’ (the ratio of the vote won by the ’second loser’ to that of the ’first loser’), we examine strategic voting in mixed-member electoral…”
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When do you follow the (national) leader? Party switching by subnational legislators in Japan by Milazzo, Caitlin, Scheiner, Ethan

“…In 1993, after 38 years of single-party control, more than 20% of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) House of Representatives members left the party…”
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Mixed electoral systems and electoral system effects: controlled comparison and cross-national analysis by Moser, Robert G., Scheiner, Ethan

“…Utilizing data from 15 countries that employ mixed electoral systems, we provide a cross-national analysis of the defining elements and potentially…”
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Between Science and Engineering: Reflections on the APSA Presidential Task Force on Political Science, Electoral Rules, and Democratic Governance: How Context Shapes the Effects of Electoral Rules by Ferree, Karen E., Powell, G. Bingham, Scheiner, Ethan

“…Political scientists have contributed to the world of electoral systems as scientists and as engineers. Taking stock of recent scientific research, we show…”
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Strategic Ticket Splitting and the Personal Vote in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems by MOSER, ROBERT G., SCHEINER, ETHAN

“…This article examines ticket splitting in five different mixed-member electoral systems--Germany, New Zealand, Japan, Lithuania, and Russia--and indicates the…”
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Between Science and Engineering: Reflections on the APSA Presidential Task Force on Political Science, Electoral Rules, and Democratic Governance: Introduction by Htun, Mala, Powell, G. Bingham

“…Political scientists have contributed to the world of electoral systems as scientists and as engineers. Taking stock of recent scientific research, we show…”
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Adaptive Parties: Party Strategic Capacity under Japanese SNTV by Baker, Andy, Scheiner, Ethan

“…What shapes a party's ability to act strategically? We address this question by examining nomination behavior under Japanese SNTV/MMD, a system offering data…”
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Japan's new electoral system:: la plus ça change by McKean, Margaret, Scheiner, Ethan

“…We examine the impact on parties and candidates of Japan's new electoral rules, first used in the 1996 House of Representatives election. We argue that the…”
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