Essays about: "Sebastian Carl Mika Härén"

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  1. 1. Explaining One-Party Dominance - The Case of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Carl Mika Härén; [2010]
    Keywords : One-party Dominance; Japan; LDP; Hegemony; Uncommon Democracies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : With the puzzle of one-party dominance still looming large, I seek to shed some light on which factors might be considered as explanatory to the long period of hegemony of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Using existing theories on one-party dominance I examine and argue for Japan’s historical and cultural heritage, the pragmatic flexibility of the LDP, the failure of opposition parties, the 1955 electoral system and the Japanese press clubs as possible explanatory factors for one-party dominance in Japan. READ MORE