INTERNET ELECTION CAMPAIGNS IN THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND TAIWAN by Shoko Kiyohara (Editor), Kazuhiro Maeshima (Editor), Diana Owen (Editor) ( 9783319636818 )

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Title:

INTERNET ELECTION CAMPAIGNS IN THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND TAIWAN

By:

Shoko Kiyohara (Editor), Kazuhiro Maeshima (Editor), Diana Owen (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

3319636812

ISBN 13:

9783319636818

Publisher:

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG

Pub. date:

2 October, 2017

Edition:

1st ed. 2018

Series:

Political Campaigning and Communication

Pages:

206

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

5 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white; X, 206 p. 7

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Springer International Publishing AG

Returns:

Non-returnable

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