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The Post-war Roots of Japanese Political Malaise (Paperback)
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The Post-war Roots of Japanese Political Malaise (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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Writings on post-war Japanese politics have tended to take for
granted the dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as
inevitable, without questioning how this came about. This book
analyses the nature of Japanese party politics over the first four
decades following the Second World War, assessing how the chief
contenders - the conservative LDP and the socialists JSP (Japan
Socialist Party) - competed in terms of their strengths and
weaknesses relative to the other. Throughout, it addresses the
questions: How effectively were the parties' strengths harnessed?
How did they alter over time? To what extent was the winning
formula challenged? Did the loser have access to strengths with a
major potential, and, if so, why did these remain underdeveloped?
It extends widely to include discussion of the political system,
the social and economic environment in which parties operated,
internal party matters, especially factions, personal support
groups, special interest groups, and the role of government
bureaucracy. It shows why the Liberal Democratic Party was
dominant, why the Japan Socialist Party remained out of power, and
how successive prime ministers conducted policymaking in ways which
often resulted in the bureaucracy taking the lead. Overall, the
book shows how precedents for the political system and for
policymaking were set in this important period, precedents which
continue, and which have contributed significantly to the present
conservative stance on many key issues.
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