Japan's backroom politics : factions in a multiparty age / Watanabe Tsuneo ; translated with commentary by Robert D. Eldridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watanabe, Tsuneo, 1926-2024.

Contributor:

Eldridge, Robert D.

Series:

New studies of modern Japan

Standardized Title:

Habatsu to tatōka jidai. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Japan--History--20th century.

Political parties.

Japan--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by the controversial owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun when he was Japan's leading political reporter, Japan's Backroom Politics is the translation of a classic study of the rough and tumble of Japanese politics and Liberal Democratic Party factions in the first two decades of postwar Japan. In addition to discussing the reasons for the resiliency of factions, he discusses in great detail the history of and personalities within the near-dozen factions of the LDP.

Contents:

Introduction : the defeated one : the decline of party politicians

The backroom : testimonies of party leadership elections

Popularity : leadership and the people

Money : the basis for politics

Factions, part 1 : steps to an administration

Factions, part 2 : background of leaders

Multiparty age : undercurrents of the 1967 elections

The myth of a two-party system : recommendations for a multiparty system

The end of backroom politics : administrations in a multiparty age.

Notes:

Translation of: Habatsu to tatōka jidai.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780739173909

0739173901

OCLC:

858763413