Table of Contents: Governing Japan :

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stockwin, J. A. A
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, Mass: Blackwell Pub, 2008..
Edition:	4th ed..
Subjects:	Japan -- > Politics and government -- > 1945- Japan -- > Economic policy -- > 1945-

Table of Contents:

Historical background :Japan's emergence as a modern state and the politics of war, 1853-1945
Social background : how far social norms and behaviour influence politics
Political reconstruction and development, 1945-1989
One step forward and one step back: attempting political reform in the 1990s
New politics for the new millennium: the Koizumi effect
Who runs Japan?
Parliament and parliamentary elections: the changing character of electioneering
The politics of party: the liberal democrats and their rivals
Some problems of the constitution
Issues of domestic political concern
Issues of foreign policy and defence.