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Book SynopsisChanging Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashima—a former professor who is...
Trade ReviewThe study is concise and well documented with many statistics and other sources. The authors 'set out to demolish further the once prevalent myth that Japanese politics are a stagnant set of entrenched systems and interests that are fundamentally undemocratic' (p. 1)... this book provides very balanced and concise overviews of Japanese politics.
-- Koji Murata * Journal of Japanese Studies *
This book is rich in detail and provides a valuable summary of all of the tumultuous events that have occurred in Japanese politics since the early 1990s. A major strength of the book lies precisely in its broad sweep.... The authors provide a refreshingly balanced account that points not only to institutional but also to longer term socio-economic factors as drivers of change in Japanese politics.
-- Reiko Kage * Social Science Japan Journal *
Table of Contents1. Introduction
2. Citizens and Elites in the Construction of the LDP System
3. Party and Voter Dealignment: The LDP System Disintegrates
4. Changing Media, Changing Politics
5. Citizens and the Prime Minister
6. Representation and Policymaking under LDP Administrations iin the Post-1955 System
7. Voters and the Democratic Party of Japan
8. Afterword: Where to Now?Appendix A. The National Diet
Appendix B. ASSK Survey Questions and Coding
Appendix C. The Japan Election Study II
References
Index
