The Policy-Making Process in Contemporary Japan
Title | The Policy-Making Process in Contemporary Japan PDF eBook |
Author | M. Nakano |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 269 |
Release | 1996-11-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230375510 |
This book deals with the public policy-making process in contemporary Japan testifying a new dictum: 'The various phases of the policy process cause politics'. The analytical focus is threefold: encompassing the policy-making process on the national level; elections and the policy-making process; and the regional policy and decision-making. These analyses offer a number of original and comparative data on Japanese politics. This book also tries to interpret the basic pattern of Japanese politics, which contributes to a clear understanding of the dynamic aspects of the political process and political economy after the Second World War.
Policymaking in Contemporary Japan
Title | Policymaking in Contemporary Japan PDF eBook |
Author | T. J. Pempel |
Publisher | Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
The Policy-making Process in Contemporary Japan
Title | The Policy-making Process in Contemporary Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Minoru Nakano |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 1997-01-01 |
Genre | Japan |
ISBN | 9780312162078 |
Understanding governance in contemporary Japan
Title | Understanding governance in contemporary Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Masahiro Mogaki |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 266 |
Release | 2019-02-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1526114704 |
This book explores the transformation of the Japanese state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on two case studies: ICT regulation and antimonopoly regulation after the 1980s, which experienced a disjuncture and significant transformation within the period with approaches embracing competition. In so doing, it reveals the transformation of the state and governance in a Japanese context and presents itself as an example of the new governance school addressing the state, its transformation, and the governance of the political arena in Japanese politics and beyond, setting out a challenge to the established body of pluralist and rational choice literature in Japanese politics. With its comprehensive review and analysis of the theory and development of Japan’s contemporary politics, this book is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as a guidebook for practitioners engaging in policies and businesses relating to Japan.
Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-making
Title | Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-making PDF eBook |
Author | Ezra F. Vogel |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 376 |
Release | 1975-01-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780520028579 |
Decision-Making Reform in Japan
Title | Decision-Making Reform in Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Karol Zakowski |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 253 |
Release | 2015-04-24 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317518500 |
In the election to the House of Representatives in 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) almost tripled the number of its lower house members by winning 308 seats. It subsequently formed a coalition government with the Social Democratic Party and the People’s New Party. The new ruling party promised to completely overhaul policymaking mechanisms that had been shaped over the past decades. Yet, the Japanese people quickly felt disappointed with the DPJ’s ‘policymaking engineering’. Examining the evolution of the decision-making process in Japan under the DPJ administration between the years 2009-2012, this book offers a multidimensional explanation for the reasons for the DPJ’s failure in producing effective policymaking mechanisms. Implementing conceptual tools borrowed from historical institutionalism, the author explains why the Democrats displayed inflexibility in introducing selected elements of the Westminster system, incoherence in regard to many aspects of the decision-making reform, and unwillingness to take advantage of all of the institutional resources at their disposal. The book argues that the examination of the DPJ’s origins and interactions with other parties is crucial in understanding its misconceptions regarding the institutional model, policy vision, and institutional tools required for a durable change in policymaking patterns. Illustrating its argument with a range of case studies, this book explains why, ultimately, the DPJ’s concept of a politician-led government resulted in failure. It will also be helpful in understanding the prerequisites for the success of institutional reforms in general. As such it will be of interest to students and scholars of Japanese studies, Political science, Asian studies.
Japan’s Failed Revolution
Title | Japan’s Failed Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Aurelia George Mulgan |
Publisher | ANU E Press |
Total Pages | 270 |
Release | 2013-05-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 192502105X |
This book should be read by all political scientists, journalists, economists, and students interested in contemporary Japan. Ellis S. Krauss Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies University of California, San Diego. The author takes a scalpel to dissect Japan’s dysfunctional political system. She shows with wonderful clarity and depth of knowledge why the Koizumi reforms are not succeeding, and why revolutionary political change is needed as a precondition for economic recovery. The book should be required reading for anyone involved with contemporary Japan. J.A.A. Stockwin University of Oxford -- Publisher's description.