Democratic reform in Japan : assessing the impact

Democratic reform in Japan : assessing the impact / edited by Sherry L. Martin, Gill Steel.

Other author/creator	Martin, Sherry L., 1971-
Other author/creator	Steel, Gill, 1965-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008.
Description	xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Democracy--Japan. Political culture--Japan. Political participation--Japan. Japan--Politics and government --1989-

Contents	Introduction / Gill Steel and Sherry L. Martin -- Reforming the Liberal Democratic Party / Ellis S. Krauss and Robert Pekkanen -- Campaign behavior : the limits to change / Dyron Dabney -- Diet members and seat inheritance : keeping it in the family / Naoko Taniguchi -- Policy preferences and party platforms : what voters want vs. what voters get / Gill Steel -- Reforming the bureaucracy / Eiji Kawabata -- Keeping women in their place : penetrating male-dominated urban and rural assemblies / Sherry L. Martin -- Prefectural politics : party and electoral stagnation / Robert J. Weiner -- The potential and limits of antiparty electoral movements in local politics / Robin M. LeBlanc -- Civil society and democracy : reforming nonprofit organization law / Yuko Kawato and Robert Pekkanen -- Contemporary Japanese democracy / Sherry L. Martin and Gill Steel.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index.
LCCN	2007043332
ISBN	9781588265814 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1588265811 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	JQ 1681 .D46 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold