Local politics and national policy : : multi-level conflicts in Japan and beyond / / Ken Victor Leonard Hijino.

This book is about why and how central and local governments clash over important national policy decisions. Its empirical focus is on the local politics of Japan which has significantly shaped, and been shaped by, larger developments in national politics. The book argues that since the 1990s, chang...

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Superior document:Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
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Place / Publishing House:Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Routledge contemporary Japan series.
Physical Description:1 online resource (172 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Theories of local power and multi-level conflict
  • 2. Local autonomy and partisan linkages in post-war Japan
  • 3. Campaigning against the capital : multi-level conflicts within the LDP
  • 4. The politics of local opposition : multi-level conflicts under the DPJ
  • 5. Governors and governments : multilevel conflicts between executives
  • 6. Multilevel conflicts in Canada, Germany, and the UK.