Re-election isn't everything: legislators’ goalseeking and committee activity in Japan
Re-election isn't everything: legislators’ goalseeking and committee activity in Japan
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连任并不代表一切：日本立法者的目标追求和委员会活动
DOI：
10.1080/13572334.2016.1164437
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发表时间：
2016
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通讯作者：
Naofumi Fujimura
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作者：
カライスコス・アントニオス;Naofumi Fujimura;カライスコス・アントニオス;藤村直史;カライスコス・アントニオス;Naofumi Fujimura
许多政治学家将立法者的行为解释为他们的连任、影响力和政策目标的函数，但这些目标有时是不相容的。这项研究试图解释立法者在什么情况下强调建立影响力或塑造政策的目标，而不是连任。这项研究的重点是日本国会议员出席国会委员会的情况，以此来代表他们对某一影响力或政策目标的关注。调查显示，从公开名单比例代表制席位选出的议员最有可能强调扩大影响力或制定政策，而从使用单一不可转移投票制度的选区选出的议员最不可能这样做。与选举年相比，立法者更有可能在非选举年这样做。此外，在选举年，选举实力较强的议员更有可能专注于影响力或政策目标，而在非选举年，选举实力较弱的议员更有可能这样做。
A number of political scientists have explained legislators’ behaviour as a function of their re-election, influence, and policy goals, but these goals are sometimes incompatible. This study seeks to explain under what conditions legislators emphasise the goals of building influence or shaping policy over re-election. The study focuses on Japanese legislators’ Diet committee attendance as a proxy for their attention to an influence or policy goal. It shows that legislators elected from an open-list proportional representation seat are most likely to emphasise building influence or shaping policy, while legislators elected from a district using a single non-transferable vote system are least likely to do so. Legislators are more likely to do so in a non-election year than in an election year. In addition, electorally stronger legislators are more likely to focus on influence or policy goals in an election year, while electorally weaker legislators are more likely to do so in a non-election year.