"Anyone interested in contemporary Japanese politics needs to read this book. Certainly, no student of Japanese party politics can afford not to read it. This volume illuminates Komeito's history, organization, electoral mobilization, and behavior in and out of power. More importantly, this book reorients our understanding of the intersection of religion and politics in Japan, a topic that has danced along the periphery of academic studies even as it has grabbed headlines in Japan and beyond. My only question is why scholars had to wait fifty years for such an incisive study of Komeito." –Robert Pekkanen, University of Washington
目次
Part I. Introduction 1. Kōmeitō: The Most Understudied Party of Japanese Politics — 3 George Ehrhardt, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin & Steven R. Reed
Part II. The Context 2. Religious Groups in Japanese Electoral Politics — 25 Axel Klein & Steven R. Reed
Part III. The History 3. Electioneering as Religious Practice: A History of Sōka Gakkai's Political Activities to 1970 — 51 Levi McLaughlin 4. Kōmeitō's Uncertain Decades between Religion and Politics — 83 Yuki Abe & Masahisa Endo
Part IV. The Structure 5. How Kōmeitō Politicians Get Elected — 113 George Ehrhardt 6. Party Ideals and Practical Constraints in Kōmeitō Candidate Nominations — 139 Daniel Markham Smith 7. Sōka Gakkai, Kōmeitō, and Money in Japanese Politics — 163 Matthew Carlson 8. Housewife Voters and Kōmeitō Policies — 187 George Ehrhardt
Part V. The Way to Power 9. Anti-Kōmeitō Counter-Mobilizations — 215 Axel Klein & Steven R. Reed 10. Kōmeitō in Coalition — 240 Linda Hasunuma & Axel Klein
Part VI. Conclusion 11. Kōmeitō: Religion and Politics in Japan — 269 George Ehrhardt, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin, Steven R. Reed List of contributors — 277
