Internet Election Campaigns In The United States, Japan, South Korea, And Taiwan (political Campaigning And Communication)
by Shoko Kiyohara /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book investigates how institutional differences, such as the
roles of political parties and the regulation of electoral systems,
affect the development of Internet election campaigns in the U.S.,
Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. It examines whether or not the
“Americanization of elections” is evident in East Asian
democracies. While Japan is a parliamentary system, the U.S. and
Korea are presidential systems and Taiwan is a semi-presidential
system that has a president along with a parliamentary system.
Furthermore, the role of the presidency in the U.S., Korea, and
Taiwan is quite different. Taking these variations in political
systems into consideration, the authors discuss how the electoral
systems are regulated in relation to issues such as paid
advertisements and campaign periods. They argue that stronger
regulation of election systems and shorter election periods in
Japan characterize Japanese uniqueness compared with the U.S.,
Korea, and Taiwan in terms of Internet election campaigns.
This book investigates how institutional differences, such as the
roles of political parties and the regulation of electoral systems,
affect the development of Internet election campaigns in the U.S.,
Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. It examines whether or not the
“Americanization of elections” is evident in East Asian
democracies. While Japan is a parliamentary system, the U.S. and
Korea are presidential systems and Taiwan is a semi-presidential
system that has a president along with a parliamentary system.
Furthermore, the role of the presidency in the U.S., Korea, and
Taiwan is quite different. Taking these variations in political
systems into consideration, the authors discuss how the electoral
systems are regulated in relation to issues such as paid
advertisements and campaign periods. They argue that stronger
regulation of election systems and shorter election periods in
Japan characterize Japanese uniqueness compared with the U.S.,
Korea, and Taiwan in terms of Internet election campaigns.