ボイド ジェームズ パトリック Ⅲ   BOYD, James Patrick III   BOYD, James P.    所属   青山学院大学  国際政治経済学部 国際政治学科    職種   准教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2008/07
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	Prosperity's Children: Generational Change and Japan's Future Leadership
執筆形態	共同
巻・号・頁	pp.15-51
著者・共著者	Richard J. Samuels
概要	This study examines the results of the 2005 Asahi Shimbun-Tokyo University Elite Survey to measure generational differences in the views of Japanese legislators across three key areas of Japan’s political discourse—economic policy, security policy, and cultural issues related to right-wing nationalism. The study then explores the policy implications of these differences through three plausible midterm scenarios. The study of generational differences provides only a limited explanation for the dynamics of Japanese politics. (1) Generational differences are most significant in domestic economic policy, where the eldest cohort favors maintaining the institutions of Japanese-style capitalism more than both younger cohorts. (2) Although the youngest cohort favors more muscular security policies than do the elder cohorts, only one instance of this generational difference proves statistically significant. (3) Even though there are no statistically significant differences between generations on cultural issues related to right-wing nationalism—an unexpected finding in itself—that the midcareer cohort, which is the primary object of this study, is more progressive than the other cohorts in this area is surprising.