Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2005
Abstract
This paper first reviews a number of epistemological and methodological issues relating to the estimation of party policy positions, particularly in a comparative context, with special reference to the methodology of ‘expert surveys’. It is argued that expert surveys, as systematic summaries of the views of country specialists, have a particular role in assessing the content validity of other types of estimates of party policy positions. The paper moves on to analyze the positions of Japanese political parties in a comparative context, using results from a new 47-country expert survey. Attention is paid both to the substantive policy content of the left–right dimension in Japan, and to the locations of Japanese parties in policy spaces, relative to the locations of comparable parties in other political systems.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Comparative Politics
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Japanese Journal of Political Science
Volume
6
Issue
2
First Page
187
Last Page
209
ISSN
1468-1099
Identifier
10.1017/S1468109905001830
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Citation
LAVER, Michael, & BENOIT, Kenneth.(2005). Estimating party policy positions: Japan in comparative context. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 6(2), 187-209.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4046
Copyright Owner and License
Publisher
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1468109905001830