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The Evolution of Japan's Party System

Author : Leonard J. Schoppa

Publisher : University of Toronto Press

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 29,6 MB

Release : 2011-11-05

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1442695439

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In August 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won a crushing victory over the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), thus bringing to an end over fifty years of one-party dominance. Around the world, the victory of the DPJ was seen as a radical break with Japan's past. However, this dramatic political shift was not as sudden as it appeared, but rather the culmination of a series of changes first set in motion in the early 1990s. The Evolution of Japan's Party System analyses the transition by examining both party politics and public policy. Arguing that these political changes were evolutionary rather than revolutionary, the essays in this volume discuss how older parties such as the LDP and the Japan Socialist Party failed to adapt to the new policy environment of the 1990s. Taken as a whole, The Evolution of Japan's Party System provides a unique look at party politics in Japan, bringing them into a comparative conversation that usually focuses on Europe and North America.



The Rise and Fall of Japan's LDP

Author : Ellis S. Krauss

Publisher : Cornell University Press

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 29,56 MB

Release : 2011

Category : History

ISBN : 9780801476822

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Explains how the persistence of party institutions (factions, PARC, koenkai) and the transformed role of party leadership in Japan contributed both to the LDP's success at remaining in power for 15 years and its downfall.



Japan's Postwar Party Politics

Author : Masaru Kohno

Publisher :

Page : 172 pages

File Size : 24,59 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9780691026299

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This study advances an alternative 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 under existing institutional constraints. According to Kohno, the evolution of political life in postwar Japan depends on the same factors that are acknowledged to be at work in other industrialized nations. He reveals, through detailed case studies of government formation processes and statistical examinations of candidate nomination patterns, that the microanalytic approach can establish forward-looking and internally consistent interpretations of the postwar development of Japanese party politics



From Party Politics to Militarism in Japan, 1924-1941

Author : Shinichi Kitaoka

Publisher :

Page : 365 pages

File Size : 32,59 MB

Release : 2020-08-31

Category :

ISBN : 9781626378575

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The years in Japan between June 1924, when a coalition cabinet of three political parties was established, and December 1941, when the country declared war on the United States and Britain, was characterized first by nearly a decade of domestic and international cooperation-and then a period of oppressive militarism. Kitaoka Shinichi captures the essence of these years in Japan's political history, stressing not only the discontinuities, but also the connections, between the two periods.Kitaoka pays particular attention to the interaction of domestic and foreign affairs. He equally explores the conflicts between political parties and the military-as well as those among internal factions in both spheres. Connecting political issues to economic and social developments, his book serves as a comprehensive history of the period, a history that, in his words, "exemplifies the horrific damage that can result when a modern nation-state goes off course."



The Evolution of Japan's Party System

Author : Leonard James Schoppa

Publisher : University of Toronto Press

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 26,88 MB

Release : 2011-01-01

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1442643099

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Book Description

The Evolution of Japan's Party System analyses the transition by examining both party politics and public policy. This volume discusess how older parties such as the LDP and the Japan Socialist Party failed to adapt to the new policy environment of the 1990s.



Democracy Without Competition in Japan

Author : Ethan Scheiner

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 287 pages

File Size : 39,51 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0521846927

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This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.



The Transformation of the Japanese Left

Author : Sarah Hyde

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 49,35 MB

Release : 2009-09-23

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1135219745

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This book examines the transition within the Japanese party system that has seen the demise of ‘the old socialists’, the Japan Socialist Party, and in its place, the emergence of the Democratic Party of Japan as the leading opposition party. Sarah Hyde has produced an original book which looks at the intra-left (non-communist) opposition party manoeuvrings during the 1990s through to the new millennium in a highly detailed and focused manner whilst simultaneously looking at the three most significant changes for the left nationally: the change to the electoral system, the change to public opinion regarding defense and the Constitution after the First Gulf War and the changes to the Labour Union movement. Ending with a chapter on the incredibly important 2007 Upper House election, which brings the development of the opposition full circle, this book will be a valuable source for students and scholars of Japanese politics, electoral systems and opposition politics.



The Democratic Party of Japan in Power

Author : Yoichi Funabashi

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 222 pages

File Size : 17,32 MB

Release : 2016-09-13

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1317268687

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When the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came to power in September 2009, Japanese citizens expected the imminent arrival of a new political era, characterized by a two-party system. However, in addition to the triple disasters of March 2011, the DPJ faced numerous difficulties arising from its controversial policies and massive party defections following the government’s consumption tax hike legislation. The DPJ fell from power following a crushing defeat in the 2012 Lower House election, in which its seat total was drastically reduced. This book examines the September 2009-December 2012 administration of the DPJ from various perspectives, including policies, party governance, management, and legacy. It identifies the significance of the DPJ to Japan’s party politics, explains the reasons for its downfall, and derives crucial lessons for the future of party democracy in Japan. The contributors, a team of professional academics and a lawyer, analyse the policies and events of the DPJ administration based on their interviews with key DPJ politicians and related persons at or close to the centre of the administration. Together they elicit insights from the experiences of the DPJ government to inform the expectations of Japan’s party democracy. Explaining how the failure of the DPJ government has long-term importance for understanding Japanese politics, this book will be invaluable for students and scholars of the field.



Party System Institutionalization in Asia

Author : Allen Hicken

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 375 pages

File Size : 43,96 MB

Release : 2015

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1107041570

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Book Description

This book provides a comprehensive empirical and theoretical analysis of the development of parties and party systems in Asia. The studies included advance a unique perspective in the literature by focusing on the concept of institutionalization and by analyzing parties in democratic settings as well as in authoritarian settings. The countries covered in the book range from East Asia to Southeast Asia to South Asia.



Japan's New Party System

Author : Ronald J Hrebenar

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 267 pages

File Size : 47,92 MB

Release : 2019-08-15

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0429721080

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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 amount of material on the various parties of the 1955-1993 party system. Since 1955, Japanese politics and parties had been rather uneventful and predictable; consequently, many Japanese political scientists preferred to study other nations. Decade after decade, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ruled Japan while the permanent opposition party, the Japan Socialist Party GSP) revolved around it but could never even come close to replacing it in power on the national level. All of this changed in 1993 after the LOP split, new parties emerged and formed a non-LOP government, and a new party system began. This book is about the Second Party System and how Japanese politics has changed from the old LOP-dominated First Party System.