Japanese Politics Today

1. Introduction
Takashi Inoguchi, Purnendra Jain

2. Prime Ministers
Takashi Inoguchi

3. The System of Bureaucrats in Japan
Hiroaki Inatsugu

4. Legislators
Kentaro Fukumoto

5. Winning Elections in Japan’s New Electoral Environment
Steven R. Reed

6. Party Politics in Japan
J. A. A. Stockwin

7. The Farm Lobby
Aurelia George Mulgan

8. Civil Society and Global Citizenship in Japan
Jennifer Chan

9. Welfare Policy
Gregory J. Kasza, Takashi Horie

10. Japan’s Subnational Government: Toward Greater Decentralization and Participatory Democracy
Purnendra Jain

11. Reporting with Wolves: Pack Journalism and the Dissemination of Political Information
Ofer Feldman

12. Revision of Administrative Law as Shortcut to Constitutional Revision
Helen Hardacre

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, Asian Politics, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Asian Culture, Political Science, Democracy