Japanese politics now, with seven prime ministers appointed within this decade and the second major political party turnover taken place within the last two decades, is undergoing a great transition. This book explores the gradual shift from what the editors call karaoke democracy to kabuki democracy.
Inhoudsopgave
Prime Ministers; T.Inoguchi The System of Bureaucrats; H.Inatsugu Legislators; K.Fukumoto Winning Elections in Japan’s New Electoral Environment ; S.R.Reed Party Politics; J.A.A.Stockwin The Farm Lobby; A.G.Mulgan Civil Society and Global Citizenship; J.Chan Welfare Policy; G.Kasza & T.Horie Japan’s Subnational Government toward Greater Decentralization and participatory Democracy; P.Jain Reporting with Wolves: Pack Journalism and the Dissemination of Political Information – O.Feldman Revision of Administrative Law as Shortcut to Constitutional Revision; H.Hardacre
Over de auteur
Takashi Inoguchi is the president of the University of Niigata Prefecture and a professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, Japan.