Policy entrepreneurship and elections in Japan
Subtitle: a political biography of Ozawa Ichiro
By: Takashi Oka
Series: The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series; Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780415587525; 9780203817360
Subjects: Politics and government; Politicians; Political parties; Influence; Elections; Biography; Political and social views
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Normal nation" : Ozawa's challenge to Japanese exceptionalism; title: Early years and shaping influences; title: The Kaifu-Ozawa regime and the first Gulf War; title: Blueprint for a new Japan : Ozawa's policy manifesto; title: 1993 : the election that opened a new era; title: Hosokawa cabinet changes the election system; title: From the NFP to the Liberal Party : Ozawa's wilderness years; title: The Koizumi phenomenon and Ozawa's response; title: "Koizumi theater" : the 2005 general election; title: Ozawa achieves his goal : the DPJ comes to power; title: The international policies of a "normal nation"; title: Conclusion: Ozawa's impact on Japanese politics; title: Epilogue.