22%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Japan's Postwar Party Politics
Masaru Kohno
€ 59.33
€ 46.48
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Japan's Postwar Party Politics
Paperback. Presents a systematic reexamination of the evolution of party politics in Japan since the end of the second World War. This study provides a set of interpretations based on a microanalytic approach that highlights the incentive and bargaining power of individual political actors, and their competitive and strategic behavior. Num Pages: 172 pages, 33 tables 8 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPA; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 28.
In this sophisticated theoretical work, Masaru Kohno presents a systematic reexamination of the evolution of party politics in Japan since the end of the second World War. Because of the long one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan's parliamentary democracy has often been viewed as unique in the developed world, and most of the existing studies of Japanese party politics have addressed such determinants as its political culture, historical background, and socio-ideological cleavages. According to the author, these explanations do not adequately account for some of the most important changes that took place in Japanese party politics during the ... Read more
In this sophisticated theoretical work, Masaru Kohno presents a systematic reexamination of the evolution of party politics in Japan since the end of the second World War. Because of the long one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan's parliamentary democracy has often been viewed as unique in the developed world, and most of the existing studies of Japanese party politics have addressed such determinants as its political culture, historical background, and socio-ideological cleavages. According to the author, these explanations do not adequately account for some of the most important changes that took place in Japanese party politics during the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691015965
SKU
V9780691015965
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Masaru Kohno
Masaru Kohno is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. He is currently a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Reviews for Japan's Postwar Party Politics
"Kohno's approach generates answers to questions that conventional interpretations fail to provide... Unlike so many other studies that implicitly or explicitly assume that the Japanese case is unique, the study offers fertile grounds for comparison 'with political parties and competitive party systems in other advanced countries.'"
Japan Quarterly "Kohno has produced a cogent microanalysis of post-1945 party politics in Japan... An ... Read more
Japan Quarterly "Kohno has produced a cogent microanalysis of post-1945 party politics in Japan... An ... Read more