Title: Japanese politics today : from karaoke to kabuki democracy /
Authors: Inoguchi, Takashi.; Jain, Purnendra.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Democracy Japan; Democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Politics and government; Japan Politics and government
Abstract: 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.
Contents: 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.