LEADER 02712nam 2200565 450 001 9910823704303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-7390-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000426888 035 $a(EBL)1392786 035 $a(OCoLC)858763413 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001000283 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12371189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000283 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10950694 035 $a(PQKB)10083160 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1392786 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1392786 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10764392 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000426888 100 $a20130606d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJapan's backroom politics $efactions in a multiparty age /$fWatanabe Tsuneo ; translated with commentary by Robert D. Eldridge 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 225 0$aNew studies of modern Japan 300 $aTranslation of: Habatsu to tato?ka jidai. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7391-8635-3 311 $a0-7391-7389-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the defeated one : the decline of party politicians -- The backroom : testimonies of party leadership elections -- Popularity : leadership and the people -- Money : the basis for politics -- Factions, part 1 : steps to an administration -- Factions, part 2 : background of leaders -- Multiparty age : undercurrents of the 1967 elections -- The myth of a two-party system : recommendations for a multiparty system -- The end of backroom politics : administrations in a multiparty age. 330 $aWritten by the controversial owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun when he was Japan's leading political reporter, Japan's Backroom Politics is the translation of a classic study of the rough and tumble of Japanese politics and Liberal Democratic Party factions in the first two decades of postwar Japan. In addition to discussing the reasons for the resiliency of factions, he discusses in great detail the history of and personalities within the near-dozen factions of the LDP. 606 $aPolitical parties$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 615 0$aPolitical parties$xHistory 676 $a324.252009/045 700 $aWatanabe$b Tsuneo$f1926-$01669613 701 $aEldridge$b Robert D$01147757 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823704303321 996 $aJapan's backroom politics$94030900 997 $aUNINA