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Kenneth Mori McElwain

Division | Department of Comparative Contemporary Politics |
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Research fields | Political Institutions, Public Opinion |
mcelwain@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp | |
CV | McElwain CV(Jul2020).pdf[171KB] |
Homepage | http://www.kennethmcelwain.com/ |
Teaching and Research Appointments
1999 | AB, Princeton University |
2005 | PhD, Stanford University |
2005 - 2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
2006 - 2008 | Lecturer, Stanford University |
2008 - 2015 | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
2015 - 2019 | Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo |
2019 - | Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo |
Topics of research
- 1Comparative Constitutional Design
- 2Public Opinion and Partisanship in Japan
- 3Determinants of Party Manifestos
Selected publications
- “When Candidates Are More Polarised than Voters: Constitutional Revision in Japan." European Political Science. 2020.
- “The Perils and Virtues of Constitutional Flexibility: Japan’s Constitution and the Liberal International Order." In Y. Funabashi and J. Ikenberry (Eds). The Crisis of Liberal Internationalism: Japan and the World Order. Brookings Institution Press. 2020, pp 303-323.
- “Japan and the Liberal International Order: A Survey Experiment." In Y. Funabashi and J. Ikenberry (Eds). The Crisis of Liberal Internationalism: Japan and the World Order. Brookings Institution Press. 2020, pp 359-376 (With Adam P. Liff.)
- “Constitutional Revision in the 2017 Election”, In Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, Ethan Scheiner, and Daniel Smith, eds. Japan Decides 2017: The Japanese General Election. Palgrave Macmillan. 2018.
- “Party System Institutionalization in Japan”. In A. Hicken & E. Kuhonta (Eds.), Reexamining Party System Institutionalization through Asian Lenses. Cambridge University Press. 2014, pp. 74-107.
- “Parties and Elections”. In J. Babb (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies. London: SAGE Publications. 2014, pp. 367-391.
- “What's Unique about Japan's Constitution? A Comparative and Historical Analysis”. (with Christian Winkler) Journal of Japanese Studies, 41(2), 2015.
- “The Nationalization of Japanese Elections”. Journal of East Asian Studies, 12(3), 2012, pp. 323-350.
- “Party Democratization and the Salience of Party Leaders”. (with Michio Umeda) Journal of Social Science (Shakai Kagaku Kenkyu), 62(1), 2011, pp. 173-193.
- Political Change in Japan: Electoral Behavior, Party Realignment, and the Koizumi Reforms. (Co-Edited Steven R. Reed and Kay Shimizu) Palo Alto: Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. 2009.
- “Manipulating Electoral Rules to Manufacture Single Party Dominance”. American Journal of Political Science, 52(1), 2008, pp. 32-47.
Educational Activities
Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo |
Field Seminar: Comparative Politics |