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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784132403321

Autore

Kuroda Yasumasa <1931->

Titolo

The core of Japanese democracy [[electronic resource] ] : latent interparty politics / / Yasumasa Kuroda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36380-4

9786611363802

1-4039-7834-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

320.952

Soggetti

Legislators - Japan

Negotiation - Japan

Democracy - Japan

Political parties - Japan

Japan Politics and government 1945- Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : dissimulation, enigma, formalist, prismatic society to bilayer theory -- 2. The bilayer theory -- 3. Japanese politics in bilayer perspective -- 4. The history of IPRC politics : 1890-1993 -- 5. The origin and nature of the bilayer structure -- 6. The core of Japanese democracy -- 7. Conclusion : summary and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

This book seeks to explain how politics actually operates in the Japanese Diet using the author's bilayer theory or dual power structure theory. It is about how politics in Japan operates behind closed doors and how laws are actually made in the Diet. While some parts of the process remain hidden-subterfuge is inherently part of politics-the author uses interviews with party officials, current and former kokkai taisaku-inkai committee members of all parties in the Diet to elucidate the process as much as possible.