Combining history with comparative politics, Matthew M. Carlson and
Steven R. Reed take on political corruption and scandals, and the
reforms designed to counter them, in post-World War II Japan.
Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan makes sense of the
scandals that have plagued Japanese politics for more than half a
century and attempts to show how reforms have evolved to counter
the problems. What causes political corruption to become more or
less serious over time? they ask. The authors examine major
political corruption scandals beginning with the early postwar
period until the present day as one way to make sense of how the
nature of corruption changes over time. They also consider
bureaucratic corruption and scandals, violations of electoral law,
sex scandals, and campaign finance regulations and scandals. In the
end, Carlson and Reed write, though Japanese politics still
experiences periodic scandals, the political reforms of 1994 have
significantly reduced the levels of political corruption. The basic
message is that reform can reduce corruption. The causes and
consequences of political corruption in Japan, they suggest, are
much like those in other consolidated democracies.
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