Looking for leadership
Subtitle: the dilemma of political leadership in Japan
By: edited by Ryo Sahashi, James Gannon
Publisher: Japan Center for International Exchange
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9784889071429
Subjects: Politics and government; Political leadership
Other titles: Dilemma of political leadership in Japan
Description: "Democratic leaders around the globe are finding it increasingly difficult to exercise strong leadership and maintain public support. Nowhere has this proven to be as challenging as in Japan, which has seen its prime ministers change more often over the past quarter century than any other major country. Why have they found it so difficult to project strong leadership, or even stay in office? Is this changing? And what does it mean for the rest of the world? In this volume, authors who straddle the scholarly and policymaking worlds explore Japan's quest for leadership and explain what is at stake."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION.; title: Looking for leadership  -- James Gannon and -- Ryo Sahashi ;; title: DOMESTIC GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN JAPAN.; title: The evolution of Japan's "leadership deficit"  -- Yuichi Hosoya; title: The frequent turnover of Japanese Prime Ministers: still a long way to a Westminster model  -- Harukata Takenaka; title: Party politics and leadership change in Japan: the Prime Ministerial relay  -- Takao Ochi; title: What went wrong under the DPJ?  -- Yuka Uchida Ando ;; title: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND FOREIGN POLICY.; title: The DPJ Government's failed foreign policy: a case of politician-led government gone wrong  -- Ryo Sahashi; title: Political leadership in Japan and Japanese foreign policy: lessons form the DPJ governments  -- Satoru Mori ;; title: CONCLUSION.; title: Japan's way forward: the prospects for political leadership and the international implications -- James Gannon and-- Ryo Sahashi.