Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Figures xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. Preface xv
7. Abbreviations xix
8. Part I: Introduction
9. 1. Japanese Voting Behavior in Comparative Perspective 3
10. Part II: Long-term Influences on Voting Behavior
11. 2. Social Structure and Voting Behavior 49
12. 3. Value Cleavages, Contextual Influences, and the Vote 84
13. 4. Mechanisms of Social Network Influence in Japanese Voting Behavior 143
14. 5. Agents of Partisan Socialization in Japan 198
15. 6. Types of Partisanship, Partisan Attitudes, and Voting Choices 226
16. Part III: Short-term Influences on Voting Behavior
17. 7. Issues and Voting Behavior 267
18. 8. Media Influences and Voting Behavior 297
19. 9. Social Networks, Influence Communications, and the Vote 332
20. Part IV: Conclusions
21. 10. The Japanese Voter: Comparing the Explanatory Variables in Electoral Decisions 369
22. 11. The Changing Japanese Voter and the 1989 and 1990 Elections 431
23. References 469
24. Index 487