Ending the LDP Hegemony : : Party Cooperation in Japan /

Ending the LDP Hegemony : : Party Cooperation in Japan / / Ray Christensen.

From its founding in 1955 and for the next thirty-eight years, Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won all but one national election and selected every prime minister and nearly every cabinet member. Other democracies have had similarly dominant parties, but none approaches the...

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Christensen, Ray,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Stereotypes of Success or Failure in Japanese Politics
  • 2. The LDP Fall from Power
  • 3. Strategic Dilemmas and Options of the Opposition
  • 4. Electoral Cooperation in Japan
  • 5. Party Cooperation and Strategies of Party Reorganization
  • 6. Successes and Failures of the Opposition Parties
  • 7. The Future of Japanese Politics
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author

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