Cabinet Portfolio Allocation and Leadership Survival in One-Party Dominant Japan: An Interpretation Based on Modified Selectorate Theory

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Brief Overview

This article argues how the president of the Liberal Democracy Party survives regardless of scandals and declining approval rating. By contrary to Gamson’s Law, they have been used unproportioned portfolio allocation for leadership survival.

Author

• Inbo Park, Yonsei University Graduate School