Japan's backroom politics : factions in a multiparty age / / Watanabe Tsuneo ; translated with commentary by Robert D. Eldridge

• Autore: Watanabe Tsuneo <1926->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.252009/045
• Soggetto topico: Political parties - Japan - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Politics and government 1945-1989
• Altri autori: EldridgeRobert D
• Note generali: Translation of: Habatsu to tatōka jidai.; Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Written 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Japan's backroom politics
• ISBN: 0-7391-7390-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787660903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II