LEADER 04939nam 22006255 450 001 9910633937603321 005 20250507210712.0 010 $a9783031113246 010 $a3031113241 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-11324-6 035 $a(PPN)279137559 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7150628 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7150628 035 $a(CKB)25510407500041 035 $a(OCoLC)1352975743 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-11324-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925510407500041 100 $a20221130d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJapan Decides 2021 $eThe Japanese General Election /$fedited by Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, Daniel M. Smith 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xxvi, 400 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$aPrint version: Pekkanen, Robert J. Japan Decides 2021 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031113239 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Japanese Politics 2017 to 2021 -- 3. The 2021 Election Results: Continuity and Change -- 4. How the Liberal Democratic Party Avoided a Loss in 2021 -- 5. The Opposition in 2021: A Second Party and a Third Force -- 6. K?meit? in 2021: Strategizing between the LDP and S?ka Gakkai -- 7. Abe's legacy -- 8. Candidate Selection for the 2021 General Election -- 9. Generational Change or Continuity in Japan?s Leadership? -- 10. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Party Switching in Japan -- 11. Ministerial Selection under Abe, Suga, and Kishida -- 12. Public opinion and COVID-19 -- 13. Social media in the 2021 Election Campaign -- 14. Are the Kids Alright? Young People and Turnout in Japan -- 15. Did COVID-19 Impact Japan?s 2021 General Election? -- 16. Japan?s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 17. Economic Policy Trilemma: Macroeconomic Politics in the 2021 Election -- 18. Does Income Inequality Matter in Japan? -- 19. Women?s representation and the gendered impact of COVID-19 in Japan.-20. Black Lives Matter in Japan: The Specter of Race and Racism Haunting Japan -- 21. Constitutional Revision in the 2021 Election -- 22. Covid-19: The International Dimension -- 23. Foreign Policy and Defense Issues in Japan?s 2021 Election -- 24. China in Japan?s 2021 Elections -- 25. The Olympics in the 2021 Election -- 26. Conclusion: The 2021 Japanese Election in the Shadow of the Coronavirus Pandemic. 330 $aRecent elections in Japan have been dramatic, and the 2021 general election was no exception. Worldwide turmoil caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as domestic uncertainty following the resignation of long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Prime Minister Abe Shinz?, left many voters and political observers wondering whether his successors were up to the task of leading the country through the crisis. In the end, the LDP and coalition partner K?meit? eked out an electoral victory?but one that masks important changes in the party system and nuanced changes in voter behavior and preferences. This fourth volume in the Japan Decides series features a comprehensive collection of analyses from leading experts, covering the legacy of Abe?s tenure in office, the state of the LDP and other parties, the impact of COVID-19 and the postponed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and many other important topics in contemporary party politics and domestic and foreignpolicy. Robert J. Pekkanen is Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, USA. Steven R. Reed is Professor Emeritus, retired from Chuo University, Japan. Daniel M. Smith is the Gerald L. Curtis Visiting Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy in the Department of Political Science and School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, USA. 606 $aElections 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aCommunication in politics 606 $aElectoral Politics 606 $aAsian Politics 606 $aPolitical Communication 615 0$aElections. 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aCommunication in politics. 615 14$aElectoral Politics. 615 24$aAsian Politics. 615 24$aPolitical Communication. 676 $a320.952 676 $a324.952052 702 $aPekkanen$b Robert 702 $aReed$b Steven R.$f1947- 702 $aSmith$b Daniel M$g(Daniel Morris), 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910633937603321 996 $aJapan Decides 2021$92995249 997 $aUNINA