342 Pages
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Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
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The authors of this book have joined together for a third time to produce a book on Japanese political parties and elections. The first two books under the title of The Japanese Party System were also published by Westview Press in 1986 and 1992. This book, Japan's New Party System, has a different purpose than the previous volumes. The first two books had as their task the presentation of a vast... Read more
Abbreviations – Preface -- Note on Personal Names -- Chapter 1: The Changing Postwar Party System -- Chapter 2: Rules of the Game: The Impact of the Electoral System on Political Parties -- Chapter 3: The Money Base of Japanese Politics -- Chapter 4: The Liberal Democratic Party: Still the Most Powerful Party in Japan -- Chapter 5: The New Parties of the Second Party System -- Chapter 6: The Komeito Returns: The Party of Buddhist Democracy -- Chapter 7: The Social Democratic Party (Formerly Socialist Party): A Turbulent Odyssey -- Chapter 8: Japanese Communist Party: The Lovable Party -- Chapter 9: The Future of the Second Japanese Party System – Appendixes – Bibliography – Index.
Biography
Ronald J Hrebenar
