LEADER 04206oam 2200757I 450 001 9910450840203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-32246-1 010 $a1-280-10679-4 010 $a0-203-39786-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203397862 035 $a(CKB)1000000000250943 035 $a(EBL)240170 035 $a(OCoLC)275257892 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000180111 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000180111 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10148585 035 $a(PQKB)11308745 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC240170 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL240170 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094461 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10679 035 $a(OCoLC)317397607 035 $a(OCoLC)252951579 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000250943 100 $a20180706d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInstitutions, incentives and electoral participation in Japan $ecross-level and cross-national perspectives /$fYusaku Horiuchi 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (162 p.) 225 1 $aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies 300 $aSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada. 311 $a0-415-64859-9 311 $a0-415-33176-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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 elections 327 $aSummary3 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 elections 327 $aC Survey data analysis: question wording and codingD A single vote can be decisive: examples from Japan; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aAmerican and European political scientists have claimed that subnational elections almost always record lower voter turnout than national elections. In Japan, however, municipal elections often record considerably higher turnout than national elections, particularly in small towns and villages. Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan theoretically and empirically explores this puzzling 'turnout twist' phenomenon from comparative perspectives. Based on the rational-choice approach, the book hypothesizes that relative voter turnout in subnational vs. national elect 410 0$aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies 606 $aLocal elections$zJapan 606 $aPolitical participation$zJapan 606 $aLocal elections$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aPolitical participation$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aComparative government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLocal elections 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aLocal elections 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aComparative government. 676 $a324.952 700 $aHoriuchi$b Yusaku.$0934901 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450840203321 996 $aInstitutions, incentives and electoral participation in Japan$92105400 997 $aUNINA