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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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Party system dynamics in post-war Japan: A quantitative content analysis of electoral pledges by Proksch, Sven-Oliver, Slapin, Jonathan B., Thies, Michael F.

“…Qualitative accounts of Japanese party politics allude to the standard left–right spectrum, but they invariably devote much more space to discussions of…”
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The Importance of Concurrence: The Impact of Bicameralism on Government Formation and Duration by Druckman, James N., Thies, Michael F.

“…Recent research on parliamentary government demonstrates that institutions critically affect government formation and survival. Yet, surprisingly, virtually no…”
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Keeping Tabs on Partners: The Logic of Delegation in Coalition Governments by Thies, Michael F.

“…Parties in coalition governments must delegate to each other. Can coalition partners hold each other's ministers accountable, or must collective government…”
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Influence without Confidence: Upper Chambers and Government Formation by DRUCKMAN, JAMES N., MARTIN, LANNY W., THIES, MICHAEL F.

“…In most parliamentary democracies, governments must maintain the confidence of a single legislative chamber only. But in bicameral parliaments, upper chambers…”
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Electoral Rules, Career Ambitions, and Party Structure: Comparing Factions in Japan's Upper and Lower Houses by Cox, Gary W., Rosenbluth, Frances M., Thies, Michael F.

“…We argue that the incentive for a Japanese politician to join a faction is a function of the extent to which her career goals require factional assistance. The…”
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Electoral Reform and the Fate of Factions: The Case of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party by COX, GARY W., ROSENBLUTH, FRANCES McCALL, THIES, MICHAEL F.

“…For years, scholars and pundits have blamed Japan's single, non-transferable vote (SNTV) electoral system for the factions that divide and organize the ruling…”
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A Comparative Theory of Electoral Incentives: Representing the Unorganized Under PR, Plurality and Mixed-Member Electoral Systems by Bawn, Kathleen, Thies, Michael F.

“…We expand Denzau and Munger’s 1986 model of ‘How Unorganized Interests Get Represented’ to address cross-national differences in electoral systems. We look at…”
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The Cost of Intraparty Competition: The Single, Nontransferable Vote and Money Politics in Japan by COX, GARY W., THIES, MICHAEL F.

“…Many scholars have argued that money politics in Japan has been driven in part by the imperatives of intraparty competition under the single, nontransferable…”
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How Much Does Money Matter?: “Buying” Votes in Japan, 1967-1990 by COX, GARY W., THIES, MICHAEL F.

“…Japanese elections are notorious for the money that flows between contributors, politicians, and voters. To date, however, nobody has estimated statistically…”
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The general election in Japan, June 2000 by Thies, Michael F

“…Assesses the 2000 House of Representatives election in Japan. 2 Tables, 6 References…”
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Mobilization, Social Networks, and Turnout: Evidence from Japan by Cox, Gary W., Rosenbluth, Frances M., Thies, Michael F.

“…The strategic elites model of turnout argues that elites mobilize more when the probability of their effort deciding the electoral outcome is greater. Although…”
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The Electoral Foundations of Japan's Banking Regulation by Rosenbluth, Frances, Thies, Michael F.

“…This article locates Japan's financial policies in the context of electoral incentives. The collapse of Japan's economic bubble in 1990 exposed the rot in the…”
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When Will Pork Leave the Farm? Institutional Bias in Japan and the United States by Thies, Michael F.

“…All industrialized countries have seen their populations "urbanize" over time. In democracies, this demographic trend ought to have ramifications for politics…”
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As a Matter of Factions: The Budgetary Implications of Shifting Factional Control in Japan's LDP by Mccubbins, Mathew D., Thies, Michael F.

“…For 38 years, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) maintained single-party control over the Japanese government. This lack of partisan turnover in government has…”
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The Japanese House of Councillors election of 1995 by Thies, Michael F

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Deliberate Discretion? The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Control Deliberate Discretion? The Institutional Foundations of Bureaucratic Control . By John D. Huber and Charles R. Shipan. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. xv, 284. $65.00 cloth, $24.00 paper.) by Thies, Michael F.

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The rise and fall of Japan's LDP: Political party organizations as historical institutions by Thies, Michael F

“…Krauss, Ellis S.; Pekkanen, Robert J. The rise and fall of Japan's LDP: Political party organizations as historical institutions. Ithaca, NY: Cornell…”
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Bargaining with Japan: What American Pressure Can and Cannot Do. By Leonard J. Schoppa. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. 406p. $49.50 cloth, $17.50 paper by Thies, Michael F.

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Japan's Postwar Party Politics . Masaru Kohno by Thies, Michael F.

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