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The Political Frame for Negotiated Capitalism: Electoral Reform and the Politics of Crisis in Japan and Sweden
Author(s) -
IMMERGUT ELLEN M.,
JOCHEM SVEN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.46
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1468-0491
pISSN - 0952-1895
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2006.00305.x
Subject(s) - politics , incentive , corporate governance , frame (networking) , political economy , political science , political crisis , capitalism , economic system , economics , market economy , law , finance , telecommunications , computer science
This article examines the impact of political institutions on the strength of executive governments as well as the consequences of that strength for policymaking. It argues that both political changes and electoral reforms in Japan and Sweden have weakened the political frame for “negotiated” or “coordinated” decision making in these nations. In Sweden, however, the complete demolition of the old political frame has opened up opportunities and incentives for new modes of governance. In Japan, by contrast, reforms have buttressed rather than dismantled the old frame, impeding the transition to a new approach.