Political Opposition and Local Politics in Japan / / ed. by Kurt Steiner, Scott E. Flanagan, Ellis S. Krauss.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Allinson, Gary D.,; Aqua, Ronald,; Flanagan, Scott C.,; Krauss, Ellis S.,; Lewis, Jack G.,; McKean, Margaret A.,; Simcock, Bradford L.,; Steiner, Kurt,; Sterner, Kurt,
• HerausgeberIn: Flanagan, Scott E.,; Krauss, Ellis S.,; Steiner, Kurt,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 609
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (498 p.)

Japan's national government, and most of its local governments, have been in conservative hands for more than three decades. Recently, however, the strength of progressive opposition forces has been increasing at the local level. The contributors to this volume analyze this increasing opposition to determine whether it is a temporary phenomenon or portends permanent changes.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Introduction -- Chapter I. Toward a Framework for the Study of Local Opposition -- Part Two. Electoral Trends -- Chapter 2. Electoral Change in Japan: An Overview -- Chapter 4. Opposition in the Suburbs -- Chapter 5. National and Local Voting Trends: Cross-Level Linkages And Correlates Of Change -- Part Three. Citizens' Movements -- Chapter 6. Citizens' Movements: The Growth And Impact Of Environmental Protest In Japan -- Chapter 7. Political Socialization Through Citizens' Movements -- Chapter 8. Civic Protest In Mishima: Citizens' Movements and the Politics of the Environment in Contemporary Japan -- Part Four. Progressive Local Administrations -- Chapter 9. Progressive Local Administrations: Local Public Policy and Local-National Relations -- Chapter 10. Political Choice and Policy Change in Medium-Sized Japanese Cities, 1962-1974 -- Chapter 11. Opposition in Power: The Development and Maintenance of Leftist Government in Kyoto Prefecture -- Part Five. Conclusion -- Chapter 12. The Partisan Politicization of Local Government: Causes and Consequences -- Contributors -- Index