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035			_a(DE-B1597)481716
035			_a(OCoLC)987921788
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082	0	4	_a320.952
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aKabashima, Ikuo _eautore
245	1	0	_aChanging Politics in Japan / _cIkuo Kabashima, Gill Steel.
264		1	_aIthaca, NY : _bCornell University Press, _c[2011]
264		4	_c©2012
300			_a1 online resource (208 p.) : _b22 graphs 7 tables
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tList of Figures and Tables -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tAbbreviations -- _tNote on Exchange Rates -- _t1. Introduction -- _t2. Citizens and Elites in the Construction of the LDP System -- _t3. Party and Voter Dealignment: The LDP System Disintegrates -- _t4. Changing Media, Changing Politics -- _t5. Citizens and the Prime Minister -- _t6. Representation and Policymaking under LDP Administrations in the Post-1955 System -- _t7. Voters and the Democratic Party of Japan -- _t8. Afterword: Where to Now? -- _tAppendix A. The National Diet -- _tAppendix B. ASSK Survey Questions and Coding -- _tAppendix C. The Japan Election Study II -- _tReferences -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aChanging Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashima—a former professor who is now Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture—and Gill Steel outline the basic features of politics in postwar Japan in an accessible and engaging manner. They focus on the dynamic relationship between voters and elected or nonelected officials and describe the shifts that have occurred in how voters respond to or control political elites and how officials both respond to, and attempt to influence, voters. The authors return time and again to the theme of changes in representation and accountability.Kabashima and Steel set out to demolish the still prevalent myth that Japanese politics are a stagnant set of entrenched systems and interests that are fundamentally undemocratic. In its place, they reveal a lively and dynamic democracy, in which politicians and parties are increasingly listening to and responding to citizens' needs and interests and the media and other actors play a substantial role in keeping democratic accountability alive and healthy. Kabashima and Steel describe how all the political parties in Japan have adapted the ways in which they attempt to organize and channel votes and argue that contrary to many journalistic stereotypes the government is increasingly acting in the "the interests of citizens"—the median voter's preferences.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zJapan.
650		0	_aPolitical parties _zJapan.
650		4	_aAsian Studies.
650		4	_aPolitical Science & Political History.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aSteel, Gill _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9780801458873
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801458873
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801458873/original
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