Japanese Democracy and Lessons for the United States

Name: Japanese Democracy and Lessons for the United States
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Japanese Democracy and Lessons for the United StatesEight Counterintuitive Lessons\nAuthor(s): Ray Christensen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367440053, 978-0367440053\nSynopsis\nThis book presents a collection of lessons on how best to run elections and politics, using examples from the Japanese experience and showing how elections operate in a non-Western democracy. \n\nFeaturing extensive data and evidence from both Japan and the United States, the themes covered include one-party rule, ballot security and voting procedures, election regulations, malapportionment and gerrymandering, court interventions, voter attachments, and distortions of the public will by election rules. In so doing, the analysis challenges conventional wisdom in both Japan and the United States, highlighting surprising and counterintuitive findings from decades of observation. This book also explicitly compares Japan to other, similarly.