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La Guardia, Fiorello, 11
La Palombara, Joseph, 90 , 101 , 141
Land developers, 9
Land Policy, 4 , 11 , 13 , 98 , 118 , 142
Law for the Establishment of a Ministry of Construction, 54 -55
LDP. See Liberal Democratic Party
Legislative dominance thesis, 19 , 22 , 62 , 164 n8, 165 n12.
See also Dual political economy model
Lesbirel, Hayden, 8
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), 2 , 14 -16, 47 , 53 , 83 -96
candidates' attributes, 85 -88, 133
candidates' campaign costs, 94 -96, 173 n11
campaign financing, 11 , 98 , 173 n12
construction tribe, 38 , 40 , 67 , 81 , 104 , 112 -115, 118 -119, 131 , 133 -135
electoral dominance, 171 n1
factions/factional lineages, 17 , 20 , 105 -112, 122 -123, 133 , 140 -141, 174 nn2, 5,
175 n6
grassroots support, 82 -84
hereditary politicians, 87 -88, 140 , 164 nn4,5
personal support organizations (koenkai ), 17 , 20 , 87 -94, 173 nn3,8
Policy Affairs Research Council, 21 , 67 , 115 -117, 159 -161, 176 n8, 177 n9
policy tribes/tribalists, 79 , 104 , 112 -122, 175 n7
Tax System Committee, 67
Treasury Bureau, 95 .
See also Campaign contributors; Career politician: Pork barrel politics
"Loaning out" (shukko ), 59 , 63 , 77
Los Angeles Trolley War, 153