Research Activities
Research Projects
Sub-national Legislative Election Under an Authoritarian Regime (2019_2_40_004)
Outline
To date, scholars of authoritarianism have paid substantial attention to the use of democratic institutions in dictatorships to mitigate threats from both internal and external ruling elites, to co-opt and divide opposition, and to solve commitment problems among the ruling elite. However, there have been no in-depth studies of legislative elections in sub-national levels in authoritarian regimes. This research project aims to reveal the role and function of sub-national legislative elections under authoritarian regimes and their meaning to the ruler/ruling party. For this, as case studies, we selected countries with a one-party system, such as: China, Vietnam, and Laos, along with countries with a one-party dominant system: Cambodia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Mozambique, and Mexico. Comparing sub-national legislative elections with two-party systems, we will analyse the similarities and differences of the roles and functions, as well as the causes leading to differences.
Period
April 2019 - March 2021
Members of the Research Project
| [ Organizer ] | Yamada Norihiko |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Ishizuka Futaba |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Aminaka Akiyo |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Shin Toyoda |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Aburamoto Mari (Faculty of Law, Assistant Professor) |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Tachibana Yu (Faculty of Letters, Researcher) |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Nakaoka Mari (Department of Management, Associate Professor) |
| [ Co-researcher ] | Yamada Hiroshi (Department of International Studies, Assistant Professor) |
Publications
- Book – in Japanese –