政党竞争、提名失误与日本社会党的选举衰落

Dennis Patterson, Joseph W. Robbins
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社会民主党在大多数民主国家都兴旺发达,但日本社会党(JSP)已经衰落到几乎与选举无关的程度。对这种情况的解释包括党的意识形态僵化和领导不力等因素,这些因素使其无法有效应对日益激烈的选举竞争。虽然这样的解释通常是准确的,但本文通过调查1958年至1993年日本选区社会主义者的衰落,表明JSP的选举衰落还有更多的故事。这是JSP支持的候选人赢得或失去选区席位的地方;我们的调查显示,在此期间,社会党在其左翼和右翼面临着日益激烈的选举竞争,这在选举中以直接和间接的方式损害了它。它直接伤害了民主党,因为它抑制了该党候选人在地区选举中赢得立法机构席位的能力;间接伤害了民主党,因为它导致该党在提名中犯了太多错误,而这些错误反过来又导致该党失去了本来可以获得的地区席位。总的来说,研究结果表明,虽然JSP不可能完全阻止其选举下降,但如果它能够弥合其内部意识形态的差距,以防止其分裂,它可以保留更多的支持。
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Party Competition, Nomination Errors, and the Electoral Decline of the Japan Socialist Party
Social democratic parties have thrived in most democracies, but the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) has declined to such an extent that it has become almost electorally irrelevant. Explanations for this involve such factors as the party's ideological rigidity and poor leadership, which have kept it from responding effectively to the increased electoral competition it has faced. While such explanations are generally accurate, this essay shows that there is more to the story of the JSP's electoral decline, by investigating the socialists' decline in Japan at the election district level from 1958 through 1993. This is where the JSP's endorsed candidates won and lost district seats; our investigation shows that, during this period, the JSP faced increased electoral competition on its left and right flanks, which hurt it electorally in both direct and indirect ways. It hurt the JSP directly by inhibiting the ability of the party's candidates to win legislative seats in district elections, and indirectly by leading the party to commit too many nomination errors, which, in turn, led to the loss of district seats that it otherwise would have obtained. Overall, the study's results suggest that, while the JSP could not have stopped its electoral decline completely, it could have preserved more of its support if it had been able to bridge its internal ideological gaps to keep itself from fragmenting.
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