Democracy Without Competition in Japan Oppostion Failure in a One-Party Dominant State

Despite its democratic structure, Japan has been dominated by a single party for half a century. This book seeks to explain, why, even in the face of great dissatisfaction in recent years with this dominant party, no opposition party been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan. It is the first book to offer a clear explanation for this failure in Japan and develops a framework that it applies to party competition (and competition failure) in other countries as well.Scheiner, Ethan is the author of 'Democracy Without Competition in Japan Oppostion Failure in a One-Party Dominant State', published 2005 under ISBN 9780521609692 and ISBN 0521609690.