The Japanese Party System: From One-Party Rule to Coalition Government

ISBN-13: 9780367293338 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 330 str.

Ronald J. Hrebenar

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive look at all of Japan's current major and minor national-level parties. It provides a detailed analysis of the Democratic Socialists, the Clean Government party, and the New Liberal Club and intended for students of comparative politics and political parties.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Preface -- Note on Personal Names -- Introduction to the Japanese Party System -- The Changing Postwar Party System -- Rules of the Game: The Impact of the Electoral System on Political Parties -- The Money Base of Japanese Politics -- The Parties of the Left -- The Japan Socialist Party: A Politics of Permanent Opposition -- The Japan Communist Party: The “Lovable” Party -- The Parties of the Center -- The Kōmeitō: Party of “Buddhist Democracy” -- The Democratic Socialist Party: Enigma of the Center -- Political Party Proliferation: The New Liberal Club and the Mini-Parties -- The Ruling Party of Japan and Its Future -- The Liberal Democratic Party: The Ruling Party of Japan -- The Changing Party System in the 1980s: From One-Party Rule Toward an Era of Coalition Government -- The 1986 General Elections -- Appendix