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The state and politics in Japan / Ian Neary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neary, Ian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japan--Politics and government--1868-.
- Japan.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "In this fully revised and updated second edition of his classic text, Ian Neary explores the dynamics of democracy in Japan, introducing the key institutions, developments and actors in its politics from the end of the Second World War to the present day."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Japanese politics from Meiji to early Showa
- Japan's occupation and aftermath
- Post-war politics
- the rise and fall of the 1955 system
- Hosokawa to Abe
- from system breakdown to revitalising Japan
- The Diet: Japan's parliament
- Bureaucratic structures and their reform
- Local government
- Non-state actors
- Foreign and security policy
- Industrial policy
- From pollution control to an environment policy
- Social welfare policies
- Human rights
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography (pages 265-272) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Neary, Ian, author. State and politics in Japan
- ISBN:
- 9780745660479
- 0745660479
- 9780745660486
- 0745660487
- OCLC:
- 1050336763
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