1st Edition
The Abe Administration and the Rise of the Prime Ministerial Executive
By Aurelia George Mulgan
Copyright 2018
122 Pages
by
Routledge
122 Pages
by
Routledge
122 Pages
by
Routledge
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With the advent of the second Abe administration, the question of ‘who leads’ in Japan has become much easier to answer - the Prime Minister and his executive office, backed by a substantial policy support apparatus. This rise of the ‘prime ministerial executive’ is therefore one of the most important structural changes in Japan’s political system in the post-war period.
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1. Introduction
2. The Rise of the Prime Ministerial Executive and the Process of Administrative Reform
3. Reinforcing the Power of the Prime Ministerial Executive under the Second Abe
4. Westminster or Presidential?
5. Conclusion
Biography
Aurelia George Mulgan is Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Her publications include Ozawa Ichirō and Japanese Politics: Old Versus New (Routledge, 2014).
