1st Edition

The Nature of Japanese Governance and Seikai-Tensin in Postwar Japan

By Nara Park Copyright 2023
104 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

104 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

104 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

What shapes characteristics and types of state governance in a specific country? How do they change over time? More importantly, what will they look like in the near and far future? This book addresses these fundamental yet timely questions by introducing and analyzing a distinctive group of Japanese statesmen: Seikai-Tensin, which means one’s transformation into politicians in Japanese. The... Read more

1. Seikai-Tensin: From Bureaucrats to Politicians 2. Emergence and Evolution of Seikai-Tensin 3. Self-transforming Elites: Seikai-Tensin’s Election to the Diet 4. Racing to the Top: Seikai-Tensin in the Cabinet 5. Japanese Governance with Intertwined Politics and Administration

Biography

Nara Park is Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Management at Yonsei University, South Korea.