The Abe Administration and the Rise of the Prime Ministerial Executive

ISBN-13: 9780367175306 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 116 str.

Aurelia George Mulgan

Opis

The book highlights the factors behind this rise of the ‘prime ministerial executive’ in Japan, explaining how it operates under the Abe administration and is contributing to Abe’s unprecedented policymaking authority. Providing an analysis of Japanese power politics, it will be useful to students of Japanese Politics and Comparative Politics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. The Rise of the Prime Ministerial Executive and the Process of Administrative Reform

3. Reinforcing the Power of the Prime Ministerial Executive under the Second Abe 

4. Westminster or Presidential?

5. Conclusion

O autorze

Aurelia George Mulgan is Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Her publications include Ozawa Ichirō and Japanese Politics: Old Versus New (Routledge, 2014).