{"product_id":"democracy-in-japan-masaki-taniguchi-9798855806052","title":"Democracy in Japan: The Logic of One-Party Dominance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnalyzes Japanese democracy utilizing a comprehensive survey of politicians and voters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemocracy in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the monumental UTokyo-Asahi Survey, a survey of Japanese voters and political leaders conducted over two decades. It succeeds in estimating the preferences of individual politicians-including prime ministers and other top leaders-in the most straightforward and reliable way and comparing them with voters on the same scale. As a result, Masaki Taniguchi shows, the survey empirically reveals that the Liberal Democratic Party has been able to maintain one-party dominance despite its unprecedented shift to the right since 2012-not because voters' preferences have become more conservative but because it has maintained its valence in economic policy, which is not related to the left-right axis in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Masaki Taniguchi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798855806052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Masaki Taniguchi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48154169245951,"sku":"9798855806052","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_196edef6-787c-44fb-916e-9dba9894884b.jpg?v=1770788357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-in-japan-masaki-taniguchi-9798855806052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}