An examination of the ways in which the introduction of mixed-member electoral systems affects the configuration of political parties

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Explains how the persistence of party institutions (factions, PARC, koenkai) and the transformed role of party leadership in Japan contributed both to the LDP's

Decentralized policymaking power in Japan had developed under the reign of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), yet in the1990s, institutional changes fundamenta

DIVConsiders how electoral rules affect election results and argues that the impact of the same electoral systems is different from one culture to another /div