The transition of Japanese campaign manifestoes, 1990－2012

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  • 1990年以降の総選挙における選挙公約
  • 1990ネン イコウ ノ ソウセンキョ ニ オケル センキョ コウヤク

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This paper analyzes the election promises in the eight general elections from 1990 to 2012, and aims to describe the transition of political parties’ position during this period. As a result of the analysis, it became clear that policies that Japanese politicians appealed through this period have become more general. The number of issues concerning nationwide increased. On the other hand, local / specific rhetoric of pork barrel decreased. In addition, through factor analysis on elections each time we examined the nature of major policy axis and arrangement of parties. Then we find out following; firstly, in 20 years, the local benefit orientation was always one of the three major axes, secondly, the ideological axis with certain explanatory power in Japanese politics has shrunk or altered, and thirdly, new policy axes such as education become more important after the 2000s.

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