دانلود کتاب Japanese Politics and Government

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of
Contents
List of tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Why Japan matters
Themes
Outline of the book
References
2. The making of a modern state
Tokugawa Japan
The Meiji Restoration
Meiji Japan
The Meiji Constitution
TaishoDemocracy
World War II
Conclusion
References
3. The postwar settlement
The Occupation
Rearmament
The U.S.–Japan Security Treaty
Conclusion
References
4. The postwar political system
The Diet
The prime minister
The electoral system
Political parties
The bureaucracy
The courts
Local governments
Japan in comparative perspective
Conclusion
Note
References
5. Political parties
The LDP
The JSP
The JCP
The emergence of center parties
One-party dominant regimes in comparative perspective
1993: the party system in crisis
Party realignment
The LDP’s response: coalition government
The emergence of the DPJ: its rise and split
Conclusion
Notes
References
6. Elections and electioneering
The electoral system
The political funding regime
Campaigning
The influence of the voter
The role of the media
Japan in comparative perspective
Conclusion
Note
References
7. The economic miracle
The economic miracle
Japanese growth in the 1970s and 1980s
Trade tensions
Legacies of Japanese rapid economic growth
East Asian model of growth
Conclusion
References
8. Economic slowdown
The asset bubble of the late 1980s
The lost decade – the 1990s
Explanations for the prolonged recession
The 2000s – a second lost decade?
Economic reform
Conclusion: an economic prognosis
Notes
References
9. Policymaking
Overview of the policymaking process
Reforms that influenced the policymaking process
Policy issues
Conclusion
Note
References
10. State–society relations
Civil society
State–society relations in Japan
Types of civil society organizations
Social movements and civil society
Conclusion
References
11. Prime ministerial leadership
A comparison of parliamentary and presidential executives
The prime minister
Case studies: prime ministerial leadership in postwar Japan
Conclusion
Notes
References
12. National security and foreign policy
Legacies of World War II
National security
Japan–U.S. relations
Japan–EU relations
Japan–East Asia relations
Japan as a regional leader
Japan’s soft power
Conclusion
Notes
References
13. Conclusion
Revisiting the themes of the text
Future challenges and opportunities
Conclusion
References
Index