LEADER 03560oam 2200709I 450 001 9910781373503321 005 20230126204050.0 010 $a1-136-72863-5 010 $a1-283-10327-3 010 $a9786613103277 010 $a1-136-72864-3 010 $a0-203-81736-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203817360 035 $a(CKB)2550000000033311 035 $a(EBL)684026 035 $a(OCoLC)719639360 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472175 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11307833 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472175 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10434980 035 $a(PQKB)10493163 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC684026 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL684026 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10466430 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL310327 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000033311 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolicy entrepreneurship and elections in Japan $ea political biography of Ozawa Ichiro /$fTakashi Oka 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aThe Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series ;$v79 300 $a"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. 311 $a1-138-01690-X 311 $a0-415-58752-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Policy Entrepreneurship and Elections in Japan; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Foreword; 1. Normal nation: Ozawa's challenge to exceptionalism; 2. Early years and shaping influences; 3. The Kaifu-Ozawa regime and the first Gulf War; 4. Blueprint for a New Japan: Ozawa's policy manifesto; 5. 1993: the election that opened a new political era; 6. Hosokawa cabinet changes the election system; 7. From the NFP to the Liberal Party: Ozawa's wilderness years; 8. The Koizumi phenomenon and Ozawa's response; 9. 'Koizumi theatre': the 2005 general election 327 $a10. Ozawa achieves his goal: the DPJ comes to power11. The international policies of a 'normal nation'; 12. Conclusion: Ozawa's impact on Japanese politics; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aOzawa Ichir? is one of the most important figures in Japanese politics, having held the positions of Chief Secretary of the Liberal Democrat Party and, after defection from the LDP, President of the Democratic Party of Japan. Ozawa has distinctive ideas that set him apart from the average Japanese politician, he believes in the concept of the independence of the individual, as opposed to the importance of the group, and as a policy entrepreneur he has had a huge impact on political change not only advocating but precipitating institutional change in a key political area - the election syste 410 0$aNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series ;$v79. 606 $aPoliticians$zJapan$vBiography 606 $aPolitical parties$zJapan 606 $aElections$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 615 0$aPoliticians 615 0$aPolitical parties 615 0$aElections 676 $a328.52092 676 $aB 700 $aOka$b Takashi$f1924-,$01496740 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781373503321 996 $aPolicy entrepreneurship and elections in Japan$93721559 997 $aUNINA