Arguing that these political changes were evolutionary rather than revolutionary, the essays in this volume discuss how older parties such as the LDP and the Japan Socialist Party failed to adapt to the new policy environment of the 1990s.
This book presents an up-to-date analysis of the political parties that make up the Japanese party system and their impact on Japanese politics and government.
In the process, The Logic of Japanese Politics not only offers a fascinating picture of Japanese politics and politicians but also provides a framework for understanding Japan's attempts to surmount its present problems, and helps readers ...
The first two books under the title of The Japanese Party System were also published by Westview Press in 1986 and 1992. This book, Japan's New Party System, has a different purpose than the previous volumes.
In this collection of original essays, thirteen country specialists working within a common comparative frame of reference analyze major examples of long-term, single-party rule in industrialized democracies.
This volume is an invaluable description of party politics in Japan, and a unique analysis of the influence that a changing balance of power has had upon the functioning of the Diet.
... Japan, 131. 95. Beer, Freedom of Expression in Japan, 133. 96. Itoh, The Japanese Supreme Court, 28. 97. Ibid., 159–220. 98. Van Wolferen, The Enigma of Japanese Politics, 217. 99. Ramseyer and Rosenbluth, Japan's Political Marketplace ...
In The Rise and Fall of Japan's LDP, Ellis S. Krauss and Robert J. Pekkanen shed light on the puzzle of the LDP's long dominance and abrupt defeat.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
"This study reviews the events that have resulted in the fall and revival of the LDP [Liberal Democratic Party] and an assessment of the factors that have contributed to the...