General Editor's Introduction | |
List of Tables | |
Maps | |
Acknowledgements | |
Conventions | |
Introduction: Why Study the Politics of Japan? | p. 1 |
The Legacy of History | p. 10 |
The Influence of Social Norms and Behaviour | p. 23 |
Post-war Reforms and the 'Time of Troubles', 1945-1960 | p. 36 |
Politics of Economic Growth and Political Survival, 1960-1989 | p. 54 |
Demise of the Old System, Groping Towards the New: The Politics of the 1990s | p. 70 |
The Structure and Process of Central Government: Is Japan a Bureaucratic Polity? | p. 93 |
Parliament and Parliamentary Elections | p. 113 |
The Politics of Party: The Liberal Democrats and their Rivals | p. 132 |
Some Problems of the Constitution | p. 162 |
Domestic Political Issues | p. 180 |
Issues of Foreign Policy and Defence | p. 202 |
Conclusions: The Analytical Challenge of Japanese Politics | p. 218 |
Notes | p. 223 |
Further Reading | p. 255 |
Index | p. 261 |
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