TY - BOOK AU - Stockwin, J. A. A. TI - Governing Japan: divided politics in a resurgent economy SN - 9781405154154 (hardcover : alk. paper) U1 - 320.952 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Malden, Mass. PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Japan KW - Politics and government KW - 1945- KW - Economic Policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-288) and index; Historical background :Japan's emergence as a modern state and the p olitics of war, 1853-1945 -- Social background : how far social norms and behaviour influence politics -- Political reconstruction and develo pment, 1945-1989 -- One step forward and one step back: attempting poli tical reform in the 1990s -- New politics for the new millennium: the K oizumi effect -- Who runs Japan? -- Parliament and parliamentary elec tions: the changing character of electioneering -- The politics of part y: the liberal democrats and their rivals -- Some problems of the const itution -- Issues of domestic political concern -- Issues of foreign po licy and defence UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/en hancements/fy0805/2007048801-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy08 05/2007048801-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0 805/2007048801-t.html ER -