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Japan’s Political Marketplace

With a New Preface

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$52.00 • £45.95 • €47.95

ISBN 9780674472815

Publication Date: 03/25/1997

Short

272 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

6 line illustrations, 33 tables

World

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Ramseyer and Rosenbluth present a view of Japanese politics that coherently links voters, politicians, bureaucrats, and judges into patterns of interaction governed by the logic of the ‘political marketplace.’ They succeed in demonstrating that many of the analytical tools developed to study the politics of advanced Western democracies are not only applicable in the Japanese context, but also are capable of yielding novel interpretations of politics in Japan.—Amy Searight, Pacific Affairs

[A] well researched and carefully thought out study of Japanese politics.—Hugh Cortazzi, Asian Affairs

Fodder for scholarly research for years to come.—Steven R. Reed, American Journal of Sociology

Japan’s Political Marketplace is irritating in the best sense. It challenges much of what we think we know about Japanese politics with elegant theory, artful arrays of facts, and sharp argument.—John Campbell, University of Michigan

As Reggie Jackson said about himself when he was traded to the Yankees, this book may become the ‘stick that stirs the drink’ of Japanese political science. Many readers will love it, many will hate it, both for good reasons. But no one will be able to ignore it.—Frank K. Upham, Boston College Law School

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