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Book SynopsisPresents a systematic reexamination of the evolution of party politics in Japan since the end of the second World War. This study provides a set of interpretations based on a microanalytic approach that highlights the incentive and bargaining power of individual political actors, and their competitive and strategic behavior.
Trade Review"Kohno's approach generates answers to questions that conventional interpretations fail to provide... Unlike so many other studies that implicitly or explicitly assume that the Japanese case is unique, the study offers fertile grounds for comparison 'with political parties and competitive party systems in other advanced countries.'"--Japan Quarterly "Kohno has produced a cogent microanalysis of post-1945 party politics in Japan... An informative re-creation of the political environment in which party leaders interacted and significant insight into the decision-making process that logically followed."--Choice
Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1Introduction32Questioning Conventional Approaches153The Politics of Electoral Reform, 1945-1947304Coalition Building under the Pre-1955 Multiparty System495The Creation of the Liberal Democratic Party in 1955686The Evolution of the LDP's Intraparty Politics917Post-1955 Changes in the Japanese Party System1168The Political Change in 19931359Conclusion156Bibliography159Subject Index167Author Index171
