Governing Japan
Subtitle: divided politics in a resurgent economy
By: J. A. A. Stockwin.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781405154154; 9781405154161
Subjects: Japan -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Japan -- Economic policy -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical background :Japan's emergence as a modern state and the politics of war, 1853-1945; title: Social background : how far social norms and behaviour influence politics; title: Political reconstruction and development, 1945-1989; title: One step forward and one step back: attempting political reform in the 1990s; title: New politics for the new millennium: the Koizumi effect; title: Who runs Japan?; title: Parliament and parliamentary elections: the changing character of electioneering; title: The politics of party: the liberal democrats and their rivals; title: Some problems of the constitution; title: Issues of domestic political concern; title: Issues of foreign policy and defence.