| Changing Japanese Political System: The Liberal Democratic Party and the Ministry of Finance Contributor(s): Hori, Harumi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415372410 ISBN-13: 9780415372411 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: The collapse of the LDP dominance in 1993 caused three institutional changes in Japanese politics, a decline in the importance of LDP organizations in the decision-making process of the government and the Diet, weakened management of the LDP through factions, and detached attitudes of LDP members to MOF bureaucrats. Those changes reduced the effectiveness of close cooperation between the LDP and the MOF which had effectively dealt with political and economic problems under LFP dominance from 1955 to 1993. In this book Haruni Hori demonstrates this argument by analyzing three case studies, the introduction of consumption tax in 1989, the financial crisis in the latter half of the 1990s, and the reform of the MOF also in the late 1990s. By comparison with the consumption tax case, she highlights the ineffectiveness of close cooperation between MOF bureaucrats, LDP executives and faction leaders in the latter two cases. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | American Government - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General |
| Dewey: 320.952 |
| LCCN: 2005003594 |
| Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.4" W x 9.24" (0.97 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Japan's political stability was shattered after the general election of July 1993 when the conservative Liberal Democratic Party's thirty-eight year domination ended in defeat. This book examines the impact the 1993 general election had on Japanese politics. Although the LDP regained the position of a ruling party within a year, Hori questions whether the Japanese political system has managed to maintain the same efficacy as it had prior to 1993. Using institutional analysis Hori argues that this fundamental change caused major institutional transformations; a decline in the importance of LDP organisations in the decision-making process of the government and the Diet, weakened management of the LDP through factions, and detached attitudes of LDP members to MOF bureaucrats. Hori analyzes three cases, one prior to and two after the 1993 election, illustrating just how ineffective the close cooperation between MOF bureaucrats, LDP executives and faction leaders became. |