Japanese Elite’s Political Ideology and Idea of Equality

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  • エリートのイデオロギーと平等観
  • エリート ノ イデオロギー ト ビョウドウカン

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<p>The change in ideological semantics and Diet members’ rightward shift, which the past studies argued, demand us to scrutinize ideological conflict among political elites in Japan. Furthermore, globalization, rising inequality, and electoral and administrative reforms should also have changed perceptions of equality and policy preferences among political elites. Utilizing the dataset of elite survey, which we conducted in 2018 by following the method by Miyake et al. (1985), this article aims at investigating ideology and perceptions as well as attitudes related to equality not only among Diet members but also among local politicians and leaders in business, labor unions, mass media and other organizations. Comparing the two surveys in the 1980’s and the 2010’s, we examine their ideological conflict and its relationship with perceptions of equality. Furthermore, how the change from “all middle-class society” to “an unequal society” for the past four decades has incorporated attitudes of equality into ideological semantics is analyzed.</p>

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