For some reason, TH-cam doesn't allow me to respond directly to Shannon - it's true that the Japanese political system isn't a direct copy of the German one. Haus and Hausmann puts it like this"Starting with the 1996 election, Japan shifted to an electoral system patterned on Germany’s".That's not uncommon - a country uses some other country's system as an inspiration but adds its own tweaks.
Japan does not have a Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system as in the German Bundestag, rather after 1993 it has Mixed Member Majoritarian (MMM or Parallel voting system). This is also true of other East Asian democracies like South Korea and Taiwan.
Hi Proff Hellstrom.Thank for such a great breakdown regarding the political system of Japan. Could you possibly advise where you got your academic sources for this for further reading and citing. Many thanks :)
Midori no Boshi See Haus and Hausmann's reader! www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do;jsessionid=055968BB49C84E0714F0CBB732608324?N=16+20&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=18013053441740382110545786239571126711&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial
Dear Professor Hellstrom. Thank you for that very informative video! I am currently writing a comparative study about the chances of women to be elected depending on the political system. I would like to analyse this for Japan. Hence I need to find the parties list of the election 2017. I unfortunately can not find that information anywhere. Do you maybe know where I could find this data? Thank you a lot
I can recommend the Haus & Hausmann introductory reader to Comparative politics. It has a supplementary PDF covering Japan in detail: Hauss, Charles & Melissa Haussman, 2013, Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges, 8th Ed. Boston: ITP Nelson
Jindo Jandi Sorry for the late reply. Japanese politics isn't my speciality (Canadian and European politics is my focus), but the reader (linked elsewhere) describes it as a combination of party factionalism and money politics. I.e. if a PM loses the confidence of the party faction coalitions, then the position of party leader is lost and thus also the position as a PM. Which explains why the same party, LDP, has been in power so long even though individual PMs lose their jobs quicker than in most other democracies.
Thank you so very much, I had a presentation to do about Japan, and you totally saved my life. All the information on the Internet was mixed up and I couldn't get it but you made me understand so thanks😝🖐
the japanese constitution is actually inspired to the Italian one, as for most of the civil law systems, and it has also been published in the same historical period. Is it too hard to accept that those silly and loudy Italians tough you how to write your constitutions? ;-)
For some reason, TH-cam doesn't allow me to respond directly to Shannon - it's true that the Japanese political system isn't a direct copy of the German one. Haus and Hausmann puts it like this"Starting with the 1996 election, Japan shifted to an electoral system patterned on Germany’s".That's not uncommon - a country uses some other country's system as an inspiration but adds its own tweaks.
Japan does not have a Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system as in the German Bundestag, rather after 1993 it has Mixed Member Majoritarian (MMM or Parallel voting system). This is also true of other East Asian democracies like South Korea and Taiwan.
Hi Proff Hellstrom.Thank for such a great breakdown regarding the political system of Japan. Could you possibly advise where you got your academic sources for this for further reading and citing. Many thanks :)
Midori no Boshi See Haus and Hausmann's reader! www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do;jsessionid=055968BB49C84E0714F0CBB732608324?N=16+20&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=18013053441740382110545786239571126711&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial
Great presentation! Easy to understand, straight to the point!
erika montalban Thank you!
Japan political system close to UK system
Japan have Emperor, same as UK have King, but they are not involved in politics
Can you explain to me why the cabinet is so unstable? I'm not sure if you said it in your video, but I can not find it, great video!
Dear Professor Hellstrom. Thank you for that very informative video! I am currently writing a comparative study about the chances of women to be elected depending on the political system. I would like to analyse this for Japan. Hence I need to find the parties list of the election 2017. I unfortunately can not find that information anywhere. Do you maybe know where I could find this data? Thank you a lot
Alas, I have no idea. Ask your prof? Sorry if I'm too late with this reply!
Thank you! This video was very helpful for my Political Science 103 Comparative Politics Class.
Great to hear!
Thank you very much! I found this video very useful! :D
Thank you!
Great video. I very much appreciated it!
Thank you! Glad you found it useful!
Very helpful and informative video, thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Thanks very informative. Helps me out with my political science class.
Thank you! Good to hear that it was useful!
Great video! Think you could do an updated version or maybe a more in depth version of this?
Not any time soon, I don't think....
You don't happen to know where I could find a good source for history on the Japanese government that goes over major events and intrigues do you?
I can recommend the Haus & Hausmann introductory reader to Comparative politics. It has a supplementary PDF covering Japan in detail:
Hauss, Charles & Melissa Haussman, 2013, Comparative Politics: Domestic Responses to Global Challenges, 8th Ed. Boston: ITP Nelson
thanks professor. I'm political science student SQU OMAN you may cover Oman pols system.
I know nothing about Oman, alas. You should ask someone specializing in that region....
Very informative thanks! May I ask what program you used to make this presentation?
I use Prezi and Camtasia.
thank you so much
Thanks for watching!
What causes the PMs to be switched so quickly?
Jindo Jandi Sorry for the late reply. Japanese politics isn't my speciality (Canadian and European politics is my focus), but the reader (linked elsewhere) describes it as a combination of party factionalism and money politics. I.e. if a PM loses the confidence of the party faction coalitions, then the position of party leader is lost and thus also the position as a PM. Which explains why the same party, LDP, has been in power so long even though individual PMs lose their jobs quicker than in most other democracies.
Thank you so very much, I had a presentation to do about Japan, and you totally saved my life. All the information on the Internet was mixed up and I couldn't get it but you made me understand so thanks😝🖐
I love politics
Hylo
the japanese constitution is actually inspired to the Italian one, as for most of the civil law systems, and it has also been published in the same historical period. Is it too hard to accept that those silly and loudy Italians tough you how to write your constitutions? ;-)
The literature I have studied have made no mention of Italian influences.