Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan

by Gary D. Allinson

Book Overview

Rising affluence, social fragmentation, and international participation have wrought subtle but important changes in Japanese politics. Political resources have expanded, political coalitions have become more fluid, and political disputes have become more vigorously contested. In this book six American and six Japanese specialists join to identify and interpret these changes. They start from the administrative reform movement of the 1980s, which magnified...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801428521
• ISBN13: 9780801428524
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 311 Pages