The rise and fall of Japan's LDP : political party organizations as historical institutions /

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After holding power continuously from its inception in 1955 (with the exception of a ten-month hiatus in 1993-1994), Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost control of the national government decisively in September 2009. Despite its defeat, the LDP remains the most successful political par...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Krauss, Ellis S. (Author), Pekkanen, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Jiyū Minshutō > History.
Jiyū Minshutō
Since 1945
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
General.
Politics and government.
Japan > Politics and government > 1945-
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-
Japan.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Liberal Democratic Party in time
  • The Kōenkai: origin and development of a vote-mobilization machine
  • The Kōenkai today: institutional change
  • Factions under the single nontransferable vote mixed-member district system
  • Factions today
  • The Policy Affairs Research Council and policymaking under the '55 System
  • The Policy Affairs Research Council after reform
  • Party leadership in the '55 System
  • The changing role of party leadership
  • The Liberal Democratic Party out of time?

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