Explaining Japan's Lack of Green Parties : A Social-Milieu Approach

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Although Japan is a highly industrialized country, it still lacks any significantgreen parties. This apparent Japanese exceptionalism in terms ofgreen parties cannot be clarified by such conventional explanations as its electoralinstitutions, party competition, and degree of post−materialism. This paperwill instead utilize the German−developed framework of social−milieustudies to explain this phenomenon. It focuses on green parties’ potentialsupport bases, paying attention to the characteristics of green milieu parties.German milieu studies have found that alternative or techno milieus with higheducational and occupational qualifications and left−libertarian value orientationshave supported the German Green Party. Our data show that an ironistmilieu can be regarded as a potential basis of support for Japanese green parties,as Japanese ironist are more leftist toward political and economic issuesand more liberal in their cultural attitudes. However, German alternativestend to be active, while Japanese ironists tend to be passive and disinclinedto participate in various groups or to associate with others. Such passivityinclines them to retreat into their private lives without expressing their left−libertarian value orientation in the political arena. Our findings therefore suggestthat a milieu exists that could potentially support Japanese green parties,but that these parties have been failing to gain support from it because of itsmembers’ passivity and apolitical behavior.
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Explaining Japan's Lack of Green Parties : A Social-Milieu Approach

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