The Politics of LGBT Policy Adoption: Shibuya Ward’s Same Sex Partnership Certificates in the Japanese context
dc.contributor.author | Takao, Yasuo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-15T22:27:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-15T22:27:12Z | |
dc.date.created | 2017-03-14T06:55:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Takao, Y. 2017. The Politics of LGBT Policy Adoption: Shibuya Ward’s Same Sex Partnership Certificates in the Japanese context. Pacific Affairs. 90 (1): pp. 7-27. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50575 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5509/20179017 | |
dc.description.abstract |
This article will examine the determinants of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) policy adoption in Shibuya, one of the twenty-three city wards of Tokyo, by taking an actor-specific approach to the first case of officially recognized same-sex partnership in Japan. How did the sexual minority issue become the subject of official agendas? How did actors both inside and outside the municipal government seize agenda-setting opportunities for government action? The results indicate that key policy makers’ entrepreneurship played a primary role in the official recognition of same-sex partnership by linking policy solutions with agenda-setting opportunities. This analysis demonstrates that the adoption of municipal LGBT policy does not necessarily reflect the redistribution of non-material resources, such as citizen values, but rather resembles the patterns of welfare politics. | |
dc.publisher | University of British Columbia | |
dc.title | The Politics of LGBT Policy Adoption: Shibuya Ward’s Same Sex Partnership Certificates in the Japanese context | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 90 | |
dcterms.source.number | 1 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 7 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 27 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0030-851X | |
dcterms.source.title | Pacific Affairs | |
curtin.department | School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |