Critical Readings on the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan

Volume 4

Editor:
Robert Pekkanen
Copyright Year:
2018
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978-90-04-38055-4
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27 Sep 2018
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Front Matter
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Part 4 The LDP after the End of the“’55 System”
Section A The Development of the LDP after the End of the “’55 System”
The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party
The Liberal Democratic Party at 50: Sources of Dominance and Changes in the Koizumi Era
Locating the LDP and Koizumi in Policy Space: A Party System Ripe for Realignment
Storming the Castle: The Battle for Postal Reform in Japan
Explaining Party Adaptation to Electoral Reform: The Discreet Charm of the LDP?
Representation and Policymaking under LDP Administrations in the Post-1955 System
Conservatives and their Allies
Between Pork and Productivity: The Collapse of the Liberal Democratic Party
Avoiding a Two-Party System: The Liberal Democratic Party versus Duverger’s Law
The Liberal Democratic Party: An Explanation of Its Successes and Failures
The Evolution of the LDP’s Electoral Strategy: Towards a More Coherent Political Party
Japanese Politics under the LDP
The Liberal Democratic Party: Still the Most Powerful Party in Japan
Section B The LDP under Prime Minister Jun’ichiro Koizumi
How Junichiro Koizumi Seized the Leadership of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party
Koizumi’s Failed Revolution
Policy Dissension and Party Discipline: The July 2005 Vote on Postal Privatization in Japan
Koizumi’s Top-Down Leadership in the Anti-Terrorism Legislation: The Impact of Political Institutional Changes
Grading Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi’s Revolution: How Far Has the LDP’s Policymaking Changed?
Section C The LDP under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
The Abe Effect and Domestic Politics
The LDP’s Path Back to Power
The LDP: Return to Dominance? Or a Golden Age Built on Sand?
Epilogue: Developments under the Abe Cabinet
Japan in 2014: All about Abe
Japan in 2015: More about Abe
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Index of Names
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Publisher:
Brill
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 544 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004380554