Changing Politics in Japan / / Ikuo Kabashima, Gill Steel.

Changing Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashima—a former professor who is now Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture—and Gill Ste...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2012
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.) :; 22 graphs 7 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Exchange Rates
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Citizens and Elites in the Construction of the LDP System
  • 3. Party and Voter Dealignment: The LDP System Disintegrates
  • 4. Changing Media, Changing Politics
  • 5. Citizens and the Prime Minister
  • 6. Representation and Policymaking under LDP Administrations in the Post-1955 System
  • 7. Voters and the Democratic Party of Japan
  • 8. Afterword: Where to Now?
  • Appendix A. The National Diet
  • Appendix B. ASSK Survey Questions and Coding
  • Appendix C. The Japan Election Study II
  • References
  • Index