Japanese Politics Today [electronic resource] : From Karaoke to Kabuki Democracy /
Inoguchi, Takashi.editor.
Japanese politics now, with seven prime ministers appointed within this decade and the second major political party turnover taken place within the last two decades, is undergoing a great transition. This book explores the gradual shift from what the editors call karaoke democracy to kabuki democracy.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Japanese politics now, with seven prime ministers appointed within this decade and the second major political party turnover taken place within the last two decades, is undergoing a great transition. This book explores the gradual shift from what the editors call karaoke democracy to kabuki democracy.
Introduction: from karaoke to kabuki democracy: Japanese politics today / Takashi Inoguchi and Purnendra Jain -- Prime ministers / Takashi Inoguchi -- The system of bureaucrats in Japan / Hiroaki Inatsugu -- Legislators / Kentaro Fukumoto -- Winning elections in Japan's new electoral environment / Steven R. Reed -- Party politics in Japan / J. A. A. Stockwin -- The farm lobby / Aurelia George Mulgan -- Civil society and global citizenship in Japan / Jennifer Chan -- Welfare policy / Gregory J. Kasza and Takashi Horie -- Japan's subnational government: toward greater decentralization and participatory democracy / Purnendra Jain -- Reporting with wolves: pack journalism and the dissemination of political information / Ofer Feldman -- Revision of administrative law as shortcut to constitutional revision / Helen Hardacre.
Asia-Politics and government.
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