The evolution of Japan's party system : politics and policy in an era of institutional change / edited by Leonard J. Schoppa.
"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 dramat...
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : from the 1955 system to the '2000 system' / Leonard J. Schoppa
- Path dependence in the evolution of Japan's party system since 1993 / Leonard J. Schoppa
- The evolution of the LDP's electoral strategy : towards a more coherent political party / Steven R. Reed
- The evolution of the DPJ : two steps forward, one step back / Robert J. Weiner
- Issue evolution and electoral politics in contemporary Japan / Sherry L. Martin
- Ideas, interests, and institutions : Japanese postal privatization in comparative perspective / Patricia L. Maclachlan
- Reforming government financial institutions / A. Maria Toyoda
- The impact of two-party competition on Neoliberal reform and labour unions in Japan / Mari Miura
- Conclusion : the evolutionary dance continues with the DPJ victory in 2009 / Leonard J. Schoppa and Aiji Tanaka.