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@article{ART002534980},
author={Sohn, Sukeui},
title={Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017},
journal={JAPAN SPACE},
issn={1976-1481},
year={2019},
number={26},
pages={151-182},
doi={10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004}

TY - JOUR
AU - Sohn, Sukeui
TI - Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017
JO - JAPAN SPACE
PY - 2019
VL - null
IS - 26
PB - The Institute of Japanese Studies
SP - 151
EP - 182
SN - 1976-1481
AB - The purpose of this study is to examine why Kōmeitō sometimes employs doublesided behaviors in local and national elections, and to shed light on the party's electoral rationality by analyzing the perceived opportunity structures surrounding local and national elections in 2017. The analysis reveals that the party has indeed developed high level of local autonomy and segregation from national politics in order to maintain organizational integrity. As the results of two elections held in Tokyo in 2017 show, the side-switching between local and national elections is not the result of intra-party conflict, but rather the embodiment of electoral rationality within the Kōmeitō’s party organization. This paper first discusses the characteristics of Kōmeitō’s party organization as ‘stratified organization,’ in which the decentralization of power is systematized for the sole purpose of maintaining electoral integrity. Second, it draws LDP-Kōmeitō relations at local level in Tokyo as ‘disengaged’ relationship characterized by strategic complacency. Lastly, this paper analyzes the results of two elections held in Tokyo in 2017 which vividly exposed Kōmeitō’s effective side-switching between local and national elections.
KW - Kōmeitō;Liberal Democratic Party(LDP);electoral rationality;2017 Tokyo metropolitan assembly election;2017 general election;Tokyo Tomin First
DO - 10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004
ER -

Sohn, Sukeui. (2019). Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017. JAPAN SPACE, 26, 151-182.

Sohn, Sukeui. 2019, "Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017", JAPAN SPACE, no.26, pp.151-182. Available from: doi:10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004

Sohn, Sukeui "Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017" JAPAN SPACE 26 pp.151-182 (2019) : 151.

Sohn, Sukeui. Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017. 2019; 26 : 151-182. Available from: doi:10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004

Sohn, Sukeui. "Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017" JAPAN SPACE no.26(2019) : 151-182.doi: 10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004

Sohn, Sukeui. Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017. JAPAN SPACE, 26, 151-182. doi: 10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004

Sohn, Sukeui. Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017. JAPAN SPACE. 2019; 26 151-182. doi: 10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004

Sohn, Sukeui. Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017. 2019; 26 : 151-182. Available from: doi:10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004

Sohn, Sukeui. "Stratified Party Organization and Strategic Segregation of National and Local Elections : Analysis on Kōmeitō's Side-Switching in Tokyo in 2017" JAPAN SPACE no.26(2019) : 151-182.doi: 10.35506/jspace.2019..26.004