Contemporary Politics in JapanThis study by one of Japan's foremost political scientists examines the unfolding relationship between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the state, and the forces of industrialization in Japan from the 1950s through the 1980s. It is the only book in English to describe and analyze in detail Japan's political development during this critical period. Masumi argues that Japan's rapid economic growth was promoted by an "iron triangle" among three actors—the LDP, the bureaucracy, and big business. This growth fueled the enormous social changes of the 1960s and 1970s, which in turn forced the transformation of the "iron triangle" and the basis of party power. In a final chapter, Masumi reflects on the end of LDP rule in 1993. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995. |
Contents
Contemporary Politics | 1 |
LDP RULE 1955 1980 | 13 |
Security Treaty Revision | 15 |
Income Doubling | 51 |
The Reversion of Okinawa | 85 |
Remodeling the Archipelago | 123 |
The Purification of the Political World | 158 |
THE DYNAMICS OF THE 1955 SYSTEM | 203 |
The Structure of Employment in Kimitsu City 19601975 | 462 |
Employed Population by Occupational Category 19551985 | 463 |
Support for the Left and Right Socialist Parties by Region 19541955 | 464 |
Occupational Backgrounds of JSP Councilors 19561977 | 465 |
The Factional Distribution of JSP Diet Members 19581979 | 466 |
Attitudes Toward the Company Among Labor Union Members 1979 | 468 |
The Need for Union Political Activities 1978 | 469 |
Attitudes Toward Political Parties 1978 | 470 |
The LDP | 205 |
The Bureaucracy and Interest Groups | 251 |
The Socialists | 305 |
The Labor Movement | 351 |
Multiple Parties and Nonpartisans | 383 |
LPD Rule in the 1980s | 408 |
LDP PARTY PRESIDENT SELECTION | 441 |
MainstreamAntiMainstream Alignments and Factional Affiliations of | 451 |
Backgrounds of LDP Diet Faction Members 1975 | 460 |
The Structure of Employment in Chiba Prefecture 19601975 | 461 |
Political Party Support Among Labor Union Members 19601976 | 471 |
Political Party Support Among Office and Line Workers 1975 and 1980 | 472 |
Support for the JSP by Occupational Category 19551985 | 473 |
Support for the JSP by Type of Region 19551980 | 474 |
Votes Received and Seats Captured by the LDP in General Elections 19581990 475 37 Support for the LDP by Occupational Category 19551985 | 475 |
Support for the LDP by Type of Region 19651985 | 476 |
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