Japanese politics today
Subtitle: from karaoke to kabuki democracy
By: edited by Takashi Inoguchi and Purnendra Jain
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780230117969; 9780230117976
Subjects: Politics and government; Democracy
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: from karaoke to kabuki democracy: Japanese politics today / Takashi Inoguchi and Purnendra Jain; title: Prime ministers / Takashi Inoguchi; title: The system of bureaucrats in Japan / Hiroaki Inatsugu; title: Legislators / Kentaro Fukumoto; title: Winning elections in Japan's new electoral environment / Steven R. Reed; title: Party politics in Japan / J. A. A. Stockwin; title: The farm lobby / Aurelia George Mulgan; title: Civil society and global citizenship in Japan / Jennifer Chan; title: Welfare policy / Gregory J. Kasza and Takashi Horie; title: Japan's subnational government: toward greater decentralization and participatory democracy / Purnendra Jain; title: Reporting with wolves: pack journalism and the dissemination of political information / Ofer Feldman; title: Revision of administrative law as shortcut to constitutional revision / Helen Hardacre.