Political Opposition and Local Politics in Japan /

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

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 oppositio...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (498 p.)
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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

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