現代日本研究センター Seminar Series
基本情報
| 区分 | 講演会等 |
|---|---|
| 対象者 | 社会人・一般 / 在学生 / 受験生 / 留学生 / 卒業生 / 企業 / 大学生 / 教職員 |
| 開催日（開催期間） | 2023年5月11日 9時 — 10時 |
| 開催場所 | オンライン |
| 定員 | 100名 |
| 参加費 |
無料
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| 申込方法 | 要事前申込
https://tcjs.u-tokyo.ac.jp/archives/5158（こちらからお申し込みください） |
| 申込受付期間 | 2023年5月1日 — 2023年5月11日 |
Seminar Series
<Title>
Wedge Issue Politics in Japan: Why Not Revising the Constitution Helps the Pro-Revision Ruling Party
<Speaker>
Ko Maeda (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas)
<Moderator>
MCELWAIN, Kenneth (Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo)
<Abstract>
Japan’s opposition has been fragmented into many parties, which has been giving an electoral advantage to the LDP. I argue and demonstrate that the issue of constitutional revision is working as a wedge issue that is preventing the opposition supporters from getting unified under a single major opposition party. This finding implies that the LDP is better off electorally if it raises the salience of the constitution issue but does not achieve the goal of revising it.
Ko Maeda (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2005) is an associate professor of political science at the University of North Texas, specializing in elections, party competition, and political institutions. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, and the Journal of Theoretical Politics.
