Japan Decides 2014: The Japanese General Election

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: Take a Second Look at the 2014 Election, It’s Worth It....Pages 3-8
Japanese Politics Between the 2012 and 2014 Elections....Pages 9-21
The 2014 Japanese Election Results: The Opposition Cooperates but Fails to Inspire....Pages 22-38
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The LDP: Return to Dominance? Or a Golden Age Built on Sand?....Pages 41-54
The Democratic Party of Japan: Surviving to Fight Another Day....Pages 55-61
From Third Force to Third Party: Duverger’s Revenge?....Pages 62-71
Komeito — Rock “n” Row the Coalition Boat....Pages 72-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
The Abe Cabinet and Public Opinion: How Abe Won Re-election by Narrowing Public Debate....Pages 89-102
Did Abe’s Coattails Help the LDP Win?....Pages 103-117
Candidates in the 2014 Election: Better Coordination and Higher Candidate Quality....Pages 118-133
Women and the 2014 Lower House Election....Pages 134-143
Netizens Decide 2014? A Look at Party Campaigning Online....Pages 144-152
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Abenomics in the 2014 Election: Showing the Money (Supply) and Little Else....Pages 155-169
The Kantei vs the LDP: Agricultural Reform, the Organized Vote, and the 2014 Election....Pages 170-182
Regional Inequality in 2014: Urgent Issue, Tepid Election....Pages 183-198
Abenomics and Japan’s Energy Conundrum....Pages 199-210
Nationalism and the 2014 Snap Election: The Abe Conundrum....Pages 211-225
Unraveling the Abe Conundrum in Foreign Policy: The Mystery of the “the Dog That Didn’t Bark”....Pages 226-240
The 2014 Election in Okinawa....Pages 241-246
Japan’s Stealth Decision 2014: The Trans-Pacific Partnership....Pages 247-261
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Conclusion: Japan’s Bait-and-Switch Election 2014....Pages 265-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-291