Japan's new party system

by Hrebenar, Ronald J.

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Title Statements

Full title :Japan's new party system / with contributions by Peter Berton, Akira Nakamura and J.A.A. Stockwin.

Summary

In the summer of 1993 Japanese politics changed fundamentally from the pattern which had been the norm since 1955. No longer does the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) rule national-level politics without the need to resort tocoalitions and lesser parties. Even more significant are the two non-LDP governments formed under Prime Ministers Hosokawa and Hata. No longer is the opposition dominated by the never-to-govern Socialist Party. By December 1994a new opposition party emerged from nine former opposition parties to move Japan towards a two-party system.

In this re-evaluation of his previous book"̧The Japanese Party System"Ŗonald Hrebenar explores the political attitudesţhe election laws and the role of political money in Japanb̧oth historically and in the context of the post-1993 changes.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1999.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Westview Press
Place of Publication:BoulderÇoloradoU̧SA
Language:eng
Publication Date:1999.

Notes

Undergraduate ; postgraduate ; research/professional.

Best. tit.: Political parties and elections in Japan (The post-1993 system).

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Description:328 p. ; : paperback

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0813330572, 9780813330570
oclc:ocn460465953
Dewey Decimal:324.252

The evolution of Japanese party politics in the post-war era; the changing impact of election laws on Japanese politics; political moneyp̧olitical scandals and political parties; the decline of the Liberal Democratic Party; the Shinshinto (New Frontier Party); the decline of the Socialist Party; the Communist Party -- the permanent opposition party; the future of the post-1993 Japanese party system.

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