The Failure of Political Opposition in Japan: Implications for Democracy and a Vision of the Future

ISBN-13: 9781032185477 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 192 str.

Arthur Stockwin

Opis

This book explores the party politics and political system of Japan, which since 1955 has been dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), with a particular focus on the evolution of LDP governments between the 1990s and 2010s.

Spis treści

1. Japan’s One-Sided Democracy 2. Rescuing Japanese Opposition Policy Visions from Oblivion 3. Party in Power: the Liberal Democrats and their grip on government 4. The Opposition in Power, 2009-2012: Why did the DPJ government fail 5. The opposition in the twenty-tens: confronting the Abe regime 6. The Opposition and the Electoral System 7. The Political Opposition and Leadership 8. The Opposition and Attitudes towards Foreign and Defence Policy 9. Towards a more Balanced System and more Ambitious Agenda

O autorze

Arthur Stockwin, formerly Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies and former Director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow, St Antony's College.