Over the past thirty years Japan has shown that it is a highly dynamic society, and its economic policy-making has often astonished the world. Japanese politics, however, though sometimes showing dynamism, are very stable and frequently strangely immobilist. In this book, six specialists on Japanese politics seek to find out why.

Inhalt

Glossary of Terms - Preface - Dynamic and Immobilist Aspects of Japanese Politics; J.A.A.Stockwin - Parties, Politicians and the Political System; J.A.A.Stockwin - Bureaucracy and Political Change; A.Rix - Policy Implications of Administrative Reform; D.It - Japanese Interest Group Behaviour: An Institutional Approach; A.George - The Economy and the Political System; J.Horne - Politics and the Japanese Financial System; J.Horne - Making Policy on Health and Welfare; M.Collick - Japan and the United States: Dependent Ally or Equal Partner?; A.George - Exports as Foreign Policy; A.Rix - Conclusions; J.A.A.Stockwin - Index