The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan
This article explores the reason why the LDP has stayed so long in power and why it ultimately fell out. It begins by giving an overview of the political situation in Japan in the past decades. It then proceeds to explain the main theories on why the LDP stayed so long in power and maintains that t...
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International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)
2009-11-01
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This article explores the reason why the LDP has stayed so long in power and why it ultimately fell out. It begins by giving an overview of the political situation in Japan in the past decades. It then proceeds to explain the main theories on why the LDP stayed so long in power and maintains that the main contributing factor has been a weak opposition. Finally it discusses how the new party has distinguished itself from former opposition parties and how and why the LDP had failed to meet that challenge. Keywords: Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan, Elections, New Komeito, Japan Communist Party, Japan socialist Party, Junichiro Koizumi, Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso.
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| spelling | doaj.art-41bdb322ce77440c998bbfb7284bf5362023-10-13T18:23:50ZengInternational Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)Politikon2414-66332009-11-0115210.22151/politikon.15.2.3The Decline and Fall of the LDP in JapanHrannar Baldvinsson0Waseda University, Tokyo This article explores the reason why the LDP has stayed so long in power and why it ultimately fell out. It begins by giving an overview of the political situation in Japan in the past decades. It then proceeds to explain the main theories on why the LDP stayed so long in power and maintains that the main contributing factor has been a weak opposition. Finally it discusses how the new party has distinguished itself from former opposition parties and how and why the LDP had failed to meet that challenge. Keywords: Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Japan, Elections, New Komeito, Japan Communist Party, Japan socialist Party, Junichiro Koizumi, Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso. https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/192Liberal Democratic PartyDemocratic Party of JapanElectionsNew KomeitoJapan Communist PartyJapan Socialist Party |
| spellingShingle | Hrannar Baldvinsson The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan Politikon Liberal Democratic Party Democratic Party of Japan Elections New Komeito Japan Communist Party Japan Socialist Party |
| title | The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan |
| title_full | The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan |
| title_fullStr | The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan |
| title_short | The Decline and Fall of the LDP in Japan |
| title_sort | decline and fall of the ldp in japan |
| topic | Liberal Democratic Party Democratic Party of Japan Elections New Komeito Japan Communist Party Japan Socialist Party |
| url | https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/192 |
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