Koenkai

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Politics deals with power, control, influence and involves the capacity for one person or group to persuade another person or group to behave in a preferred manner. The Curtis piece illustrates the koenkai as political organizations that seem to serve as intermediaries between political leaders and the public. The political function of koenkai in Japanese politics plays an important role in the procurement, retention, and exercise of power for Diet candidates and Diet members. I believe the method by which the koenkai accomplish the procurement and retention of power through the "three kais" for its' Diet representatives tends to overlook and downplay what a politician's positions are on comprehensive public policy issues. But rather the method places more emphasis and importance on what a politician can do for the local constituency in terms of short-term gratification of social


The more a koenkai does for you, the more obligated you feel to support and advocate the koenkai's candidate. When this sense of obligation and commitment to a candidate stemming from koenkai favors and benefits blinds our view of where the candidate stands on policy issues, morals, and lawmaking, our integrity as a democracy is compromised. Koenkai's are highly influential and successful when it comes to unifying support for their individual candidate. However, I think democracy's purity becomes endangered and representation is corrupted when we let koenkais "buy out" a consensus of voters and narrow our view of the candidate's positions on national issues.

Catering to the electorate on a more personal level is what fuels the koenkai's ability to acquire public consensus and approval of Diet members. The perks and benefits that come along with belonging to a koenkai is how

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Approximate Word count = 597
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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