The evolution of Japan's party system : politics and policy in an era of institutional change /

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Imprint:Toronto ; Buffalo [New York] : University of Toronto Press, c2011.
Description:viii, 232 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Japan and global society
Japan and global society series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9119530
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Other authors / contributors:Schoppa, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1962-
ISBN:9781442643093 (bound)
1442643099 (bound)
9781442611672 (pbk.)
1442611677 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : from the 1955 system to the '2000 system' / Leonard J. Schoppa
  • Path dependence in the evolution of Japan's party system since 1993 / Leonard J. Schoppa
  • The evolution of the LDP's electoral strategy : towards a more coherent political party / Steven R. Reed
  • The evolution of the DPJ : two steps forward, one step back / Robert J. Weiner
  • Issue evolution and electoral politics in contemporary Japan / Sherry L. Martin
  • Ideas, interests, and institutions : Japanese postal privatization in comparative perspective / Patricia L. Maclachlan
  • Reforming government financial institutions / A. Maria Toyoda
  • The impact of two-party competition on Neoliberal reform and labour unions in Japan / Mari Miura
  • Conclusion : the evolutionary dance continues with the DPJ victory in 2009 / Leonard J. Schoppa and Aiji Tanaka.