04206oam 2200757I 450 991045084020332120200520144314.01-134-32246-11-280-10679-40-203-39786-X10.4324/9780203397862 (CKB)1000000000250943(EBL)240170(OCoLC)275257892(SSID)ssj0000180111(PQKBManifestationID)11165531(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000180111(PQKBWorkID)10148585(PQKB)11308745(MiAaPQ)EBC240170(Au-PeEL)EBL240170(CaPaEBR)ebr10094461(CaONFJC)MIL10679(OCoLC)317397607(OCoLC)252951579(EXLCZ)99100000000025094320180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInstitutions, incentives and electoral participation in Japan cross-level and cross-national perspectives /Yusaku Horiuchi1st ed.London ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2005.1 online resource (162 p.)Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese StudiesSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada.0-415-64859-9 0-415-33176-5 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Glossary; 1 Introduction; Puzzle; Overview; Terminology; Road map; 2 Turnout twist: higher voter turnout in lower-level elections; Introduction; Australian state elections; Canadian provincial elections; Finnish municipal elections; French communal elections; Indian state elections; Italian local elections; Japanese municipal elections; Northern Ireland parliamentary elections; Spanish municipal elections; Swiss communal electionsSummary3 A rational choice model of relative voter turnout; Introduction; Existing explanations; An alternative explanation; Summary; 4 Three levels of quantitative tests; Introduction; National-level analysis; Municipality-level analysis; Individual-level analysis; Summary; 5 Culture or institution? Elections in a traditional society; Introduction; Japanese culture and electoral behavior; Kitagata town assembly election; Discussion; 6 Conclusion; Summary; Implications; Future research agenda; Appendices; A Cross-national analysis: data sources; B French communal electionsC Survey data analysis: question wording and codingD A single vote can be decisive: examples from Japan; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAmerican 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 electNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese StudiesLocal electionsJapanPolitical participationJapanLocal electionsCross-cultural studiesPolitical participationCross-cultural studiesComparative governmentElectronic books.Local electionsPolitical participationLocal electionsPolitical participationComparative government.324.952Horiuchi Yusaku.934901MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450840203321Institutions, incentives and electoral participation in Japan2105400UNINA