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This volume sheds light on a long-ignored part of the Japanese political system, the Kōmeitō party, making the party more accessible to comparative political science. The contributors discuss Kōmei...
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This volume sheds light on a long-ignored part of the Japanese political system, the Kōmeitō party, making the party more accessible to comparative political science. The contributors discuss Kōmeitō's history, its inner workings, and its way to power. The chapters also offer important insights into connections between the religious mother organization (Sōka Gakkai) and the political party.
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Price: $32.00
Pages: 300
Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Imprint: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Series: Japan Research Monograph
Publication Date: 01 November 2014
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781557291110
Format: Paperback
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George Ehrhardt is associate professor of government at Appalachian State University. His research focuses on Japanese political parties and the role of religion in contemporary Japanese politics. He is coeditor of Komeito: Politics and Religion in Japan (IEAS, 2014).
Education: B.A. in International Relations, Carleton College; M.A. in International Affairs, George Washington University; Ph.D. in Political Science, Indiana University

Axel Klein is professor of Modern East Asian Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research focuses on election campaigning, religion, and politics as well as demographic change. He is coeditor of Komeito: Politics and Religion in Japan (IEAS, 2014).
Education: B.A. in Japanese Studies, Political Science and Comparative Religion, University of Bonn; Ph.D. thesis on electoral system reform in Japan; Habilitation thesis on political system in Japan
 
Levi McLaughlin is assistant professor of philosophy and religious studies at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on modern and contemporary Japanese religions, particularly Sōka Gakkai. He is co-editor ofKomeito. He is co-editor of Komeito: Politics and Religion in Japan (IEAS, 2014).
Education: B.A., East Asian Studies, University of Toronto; M.A., East Asian Studies, University of Toronto; Ph.D., Religion, Princeton University

Steven R. Reed is professor of policy studies at Chuo University, Tokyo. His major areas of research are elections and electoral systems, as well as religious groups in politics. He is coeditor of Japan Decides: The Japanese General Election of 2012 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and Komeito: Politics and Religion in Japan (IEAS, 2014).
Education: B.A., Political Science, Wabash College; Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan

Part I. Introduction

1. Kōmeitō: The Most Understudied Party of Japanese Politics — 3
George Ehrhardt, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin & Steven R. Reed

Part II. The Context

2. Religious Groups in Japanese Electoral Politics — 25
Axel Klein & Steven R. Reed

Part III. The History

3. Electioneering as Religious Practice: A History of Sōka Gakkai's Political Activities to 1970 — 51
Levi McLaughlin

4. Kōmeitō's Uncertain Decades between Religion and Politics — 83
Yuki Abe & Masahisa Endo

Part IV. The Structure

5. How Kōmeitō Politicians Get Elected — 113
George Ehrhardt

6. Party Ideals and Practical Constraints in Kōmeitō Candidate Nominations — 139

Daniel Markham Smith

7. Sōka Gakkai, Kōmeitō, and Money in Japanese Politics — 163
Matthew Carlson

8. Housewife Voters and Kōmeitō Policies — 187
George Ehrhardt

Part V. The Way to Power

9. Anti-Kōmeitō Counter-Mobilizations — 215
Axel Klein & Steven R. Reed

10. Kōmeitō in Coalition — 240
Linda Hasunuma & Axel Klein

Part VI. Conclusion

11. Kōmeitō: Religion and Politics in Japan — 269
George Ehrhardt, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin, Steven R. Reed

List of contributors — 277

Index — 279