Leading Japan : the role of the prime minister / Tomohito Shinoda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shinoda, Tomohito, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prime ministers--Japan.

Prime ministers.

Executive power.

Japan.

Executive power--Japan.

Japan--Politics and government--1945-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xx, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Summary:

Considers the role of the prime minister in Japan's political decision making.

Contents:

Part I Political Environments Surrounding the Prime Minister

1 Two Dimensions of Fraction: An Analytical Framework 3

2 The Prime Ministers after the 1993 Political Change 23

Part II The Power of the Prime Minister

3 Institutional Sources of Power 45

4 Informal Sources of Power 89

Part III Major Reform and the Prime Minister

5 Administrative Reform by Suzuki and Nakasone 125

6 Tax Reform by Nakasone and Takeshita 153

7 Administrative Reform by Hashimoto 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-237) and index.

ISBN:

0275969940

OCLC:

43552641