Journal of Electoral Studies

Issues

Home Issues Backissues Volume 31, No.1 The Norm of Japanese Political Funds and Its Limit: The Analysis of the Development and Meaning about Japanese

The Norm of Japanese Political Funds and Its Limit: The Analysis of the Development and Meaning about Japanese

Tzu-Chen Cheng
2013 / 11
Volume 20, No.2

pp.37-175
10.6612/tjes.2013.20.02.137-175
Paper

Abstract

In order to encourage citizens to participate in politics, Japan adopted the ”Political Funds Control Act” in 1948 to regulate political finance. Due to prevailing pork-barrel politics, the ”Political Funds Control Act” has been modified several times. However, it still fails to ameliorate the situation of growing political funds. As a result, this study attempts to examine the interactive relationship between institutions and actors. And provide empirical evidence for the effect of institutional change on regulation of political finance using data from the political fund financial report. This study finds that the more restrictive regulation of political funds contributes to increase, rather than decrease, of political finance. Furthermore, the modification of the ”Political Funds Control Act” also changes the way that enterprises and organizations use for political donations.

Keywords

"Political Funds Control Act"

contribution

iron triangle

Japanese politics