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Political Opposition and Local Politics in Japan /

Japan's national government, and most of its local governments, have been in conservative hands for more than three decades. Recently, however, the strength of progressive opposition forces has been increasing at the local level. The contributors to this volume analyze this increasing oppositio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Allinson, Gary D. (Contribuidor), Aqua, Ronald (Contribuidor), Flanagan, Scott C. (Contribuidor), Flanagan, Scott E. (Editor ), Krauss, Ellis S. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Lewis, Jack G. (Contribuidor), McKean, Margaret A. (Contribuidor), Simcock, Bradford L. (Contribuidor), Steiner, Kurt (Contribuidor, Editor ), Sterner, Kurt (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 609
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One. Introduction
  • Chapter I. Toward a Framework for the Study of Local Opposition
  • Part Two. Electoral Trends
  • Chapter 2. Electoral Change in Japan: An Overview
  • Chapter 4. Opposition in the Suburbs
  • Chapter 5. National and Local Voting Trends: Cross-Level Linkages And Correlates Of Change
  • Part Three. Citizens' Movements
  • Chapter 6. Citizens' Movements: The Growth And Impact Of Environmental Protest In Japan
  • Chapter 7. Political Socialization Through Citizens' Movements
  • Chapter 8. Civic Protest In Mishima: Citizens' Movements and the Politics of the Environment in Contemporary Japan
  • Part Four. Progressive Local Administrations
  • Chapter 9. Progressive Local Administrations: Local Public Policy and Local-National Relations
  • Chapter 10. Political Choice and Policy Change in Medium-Sized Japanese Cities, 1962-1974
  • Chapter 11. Opposition in Power: The Development and Maintenance of Leftist Government in Kyoto Prefecture
  • Part Five. Conclusion
  • Chapter 12. The Partisan Politicization of Local Government: Causes and Consequences
  • Contributors
  • Index