Japanese politics today : beyond karaoke democracy?

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Notes on contributors = ⅵ
• Acknowledgements = ⅶ
• 1 Introduction / Takashi Inoguchi ; Purnendra C. Jain = 1
• 2 Party politics at the crossroads / Purnendra C. Jain = 11
• 3 New heights, louder message : abstentions in Japan's national elections, 1993-95 / Masumi Ishikawa = 30
• 4 The changing legislative process in the transitional period / Minoru Nakano = 45
• 5 Reforming Japanese politics : highway of change or road to nowhere? / J. A. A. Stockwin = 75
• 6 Japanese bureaucracy : coping with new challenges / Takashi Inoguchi = 92
• 7 A story of three booms : from the New Liberal Club to the Hosokawa coalition government / Steven R. Reed = 108
• 8 Big business and politics in Japan, 1993-95 / Akira Kubota = 124
• 9 Tax policy in Japan after the demise of conservative dominance / Junko Kato = 144
• 10 Heisei labour politics : a long and winding road / Toru Shinoda = 161
• 11 Japan's agricultural politics at a turning point / Tomoaki Iwai = 186
• 12 Changing local politics : party realignment and growing competition / Masaaki Kataoka = 206
• 13 The 1996 general election : status quo or step forward? / Purnendra C. Jain ; Maureen Todhunter = 224
• Index = 240