The Abe administration and the rise of the prime ministerial executive / Aurelia George Mulgan.

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Mulgan, Aurelia George [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Description
116 pages ; 23 cm.

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    Routledge focus on Asia ; 1
    Summary note
    With the advent of the second Abe administration, the question of 'who governs' in Japan became much clearer to define. Namely, the Prime Minister and his executive office, backed by a substantial policy support apparatus, has grown considerably over the past decade. This has led to one of the most important structural changes in Japan's political process in the post-war period - the rise of the 'prime ministerial executive'. The book highlights the main factors behind this rise of the 'prime ministerial executive' in Japan, explaining how it operates under the Abe administration and how it is contributing to Abe's unprecedented policymaking authority. It demonstrates how reform of central government under Prime Ministers Nakasone, Hashimoto and Koizumi has produced the necessary constitutional innovations to allow the Prime Minister to assert policy leadership in a much more prominent way, turning Japan's traditional, decentralised and bottom-up politics on its head. Comparing the Westminster and Presidential systems of governance and applying them to the Japanese context, it nevertheless shows that despite recent changes, elements of both remain and this continues to define the Japanese style of government. Providing a thorough analysis of how power relations have been significantly altered in recent years, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Japanese Politics, Comparative Politics and Asian Studies.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-113) and index.
    Contents
    • The rise of the prime ministerial executive and the process of administrative reform
    • Reinforcing the power of the prime ministerial executive under the second Abe administration
    • Westminster or presidential?
    ISBN
    • 9781138105874 ((hardback))
    • 1138105872 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2017017995
    OCLC
    990257239
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