This book identifies three distinct patterns of policymaking in postwar Japan. The author examines these patterns both theoretically and empirically and contends that the prevailing perceptions of the subject advanced to date are inadequate.
The Liberal Democratic Party, which dominated postwar Japan, lost power in the early 1990s. During that same period, Japan's once stellar economy suffered stagnation and collapse. Now a well-known commentator on contemporary Japan traces the political...