Cox, Gary W., Rosenbluth, Frances McCall, and Thies, Micheal F. "Mobilization, Social Networks, and Turnout: Evidence from Japan." World Politics. 50.3 (1998): 447-474. JSTOR. 1 July 1998 www.jstor.org

The House of Councillors has little power, but it

occasionally flexes its few constitutional muscles. In the

July 2001 election for the upper house, the LDP picked

up 7 seats, which, when added to its coalition partners’

29 seats, gave it a bare majority in the 252-seat

chamber. To understand the importance of having a

majority, we need only recall that ( Read more... )

Tiffany Foxworth

Professor Edwards

Comparative Government 201

2 December 2008

Comparative Politics

Election System: Japan v. United States

In Japan, citizens aged twenty years or more, regardless of race, creed, sex, social status or family ( Read more... )

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Wow, its been a while. I got transfered out of AP Lit & into AP Gov, among other things ( Read more... )

Only a few things to report ( Read more... )

( Prom pictures )

We won Battle of the Bands!
I finally found my prom Dress! 
YAY!

Please go to my Band performance on Saturday!!

Doors open at six ~ Free admission ~Trinity Wesleyan Church

Go up Allen, turn left on northline next to Burger King Drive until just after the YMCA, Turn on Reeck. Continue for about a half mile & its on the right.

It would really be super if you all came.

As a Recap:

Fashion Show=OVER. *Bounce* *Bounce ( Read more... )

I'm worried.

I'm not prepared for what's going to happen; I should've worked harder in the last few years.

I should've gotten a job when I turned 16.

I shouldn't have spent so much time with friends, I should have been studying...

but...

I don't regret making my friends or spending my time with them..

I just wish, I guess, I had more time...

And now I'm ( Read more... )