The joint panel survey for the Asian Barometer Survey 2 (ABS2) and the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems 3 (CSES3) are now available in English. The previous version on the Political Communication website (http://www.
Project Background:
In this project, we collected the Japanese data for two comparative
studies that have been collecting data globally, the Asian Barometer
(http://www.asianbarometer.org/) and CSES (The Comparative Study of
Electoral Systems http://www.cses.org/). These studies seek to
investigate the relationship between participation in society and
politics, social capital, and democracy. By conducting the Japanese
portion of this research, we fulfill Japan's obligations and at the
same time clarify Japan's relative position, and exploit the benefits
of collecting panel data for two different surveys from the same
respondents.
The key feature of this study is the very important
contribution of Japanese data that is directly comparable to that of
other countries. In addition, the Japanese data provided through
this research is important for three reasons. First, Japan is a
non-western country that has been a democracy for over 60 years.
Second, it will be a basis for comparison for other modernizing Asian
countries. Finally, it plays an important role in internationalizing
Japanese research.
Moreover, there are benefits to collecting data for both the barometer
and CSES from the same Japanese respondents simultaneously as part of
a single panel survey. On the one hand, the barometer study has
insufficient data for political participation, political choices and
political systems. On the other hand, CSES has insufficient data
relating to democracy. By combining them, at least with regards to
the Japanese data, it is possible to gain a much deeper understanding
of the relationship between democratization and political behavior.
Finally, there is a single data set containing the data from both surveys.
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