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Policy entrepreneurship and elections in Japan : a political biography of Ozawa Ichiro /

Using extensive interview data from key players in the political arena, this book examines Ozawa's struggle to normalize alternation in office between two competingpolitical parties - particularly topical given the results of the 2009 election, which handed over power to the€Democratic Party of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oka, Takashi, 1924-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Colección:Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series ; 79.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Normal nation" : Ozawa's challenge to Japanese exceptionalism
  • Early years and shaping influences
  • The Kaifu-Ozawa regime and the first Gulf War
  • Blueprint for a new Japan : Ozawa's policy manifesto
  • 1993 : the election that opened a new era
  • Hosokawa cabinet changes the election system
  • From the NFP to the Liberal Party : Ozawa's wilderness years
  • The Koizumi phenomenon and Ozawa's response
  • "Koizumi theater" : the 2005 general election
  • Ozawa achieves his goal : the DPJ comes to power
  • The international policies of a "normal nation"
  • Conclusion: Ozawa's impact on Japanese politics
  • Epilogue.