Watanabe Tsuneo

Japan's Backroom Politics

Factions in a Multiparty Age

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Produktbeschreibung

Written by the controversial owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun when he was Japan's leading political reporter, Japan's Backroom Politics is the translation of a classic study of the rough and tumble of Japanese politics and Liberal Democratic Party factions in the first two decades of postwar Japan.

Produktdetails

• New Studies in Modern Japan
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780739186350
• ISBN-10: 0739186353
• Artikelnr.: 47969392

Autorenporträt

Translated with commentary by Robert D. Eldridge - By Watanabe Tsuneo

Inhaltsangabe

Translator's Preface Introduction: The Defeated One: The Decline of Party
Politicians Chapter 1: The Backroom: Testimonies of Party Leadership
Elections Chapter 2: Popularity: Leadership and the People Chapter 3:
Money: The Basis for Politics Chapter 4: Factions, Part 1: Steps to an
Administration Chapter 5: Factions, Part 2: Background of Leaders Chapter
6: Multiparty Age: Undercurrents of the 1967 Elections Chapter 7: The Myth
of a Two-Party System: Recommendations for a Multiparty System Chapter 8:
The End of Backroom Politics: Administrations in a Multiparty Age Afterword