Japan transformed: political change and economic restructuring

Abstract

List of Tables and Figures vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations and Stylistic Conventions xv Chapter 1: Why Study Japanese Political Economy? 1 Chapter 2: Japanese History and Culture 15 Chapter 3: Japan's Political Experiments 32 Chapter 4: The Old Japanese Politics, 1955-1993 53 Chapter 5: Japan's Postwar Political Economy 72 Chapter 6: Japan's New Politics 95 Chapter 7: Japan's New Political Economy 123 Chapter 8: Japan's Place in the World 155 Chapter 9: Conclusions 174 Epilogue: The 2009 General Election and the LDP's Fall from Power 186 Appendix 1. Japanese Electoral Systems, 1947-Present 193 Appendix 2. Election Results, House of Representatives, 1986-2005 195 Appendix 3. Election Results, House of Councillors, 1986-2007 201 Bibliography 207 Index 233