Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11975
PARTY LOYALTIES AND PARTY SALIENCY IN JAPAN
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 32-57
ISSN: 0010-4140
COMPARE D WITH THE US IN TERMS OF PARTY LOYALTIES, JAPAN SHOWS LESS PARTY LOYALTY AND LESS TENDENCY FOR OLDER MEN TO BE MORE LOYAL; WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE LOYAL TO A PARTY. EDUCATIONAL DIFFERENCES MAY EXPLAIN SOME LARIANCE, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP IS UNCLEAR. PARTY LOUALTIES ARE, EXPRESSED ONLY IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS WHICH ARE SEEN AS LESS SALIENT BY JAPANESE THAN LOCAL POLITIC S.
