内容説明
Beginning as the Cold War entered its final thaw and ending shortly before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Heisei era saw thirty years of considerable social upheaval and significant shifts in the political landscape. Cabinet after cabinet faced significant challenges in steering Japan through domestic issues, from scandal, internal conflict, and large-scale governmental reorganization to natural disaster and a financial sector in crisis, and in addressing pressing questions over Japan’s vital relationship with the US and with Asia at large. What can be learned from the political upheaval of Japan’s Heisei era? And how did these years come to define the present political environment? The second in the Examining Heisei Japan series, this volume assembles a wealth of contemporary insights and scholarly articles by respected Japanese academics and political scientists, revisiting key events to shed new light on these pivotal three decades in Japanese politics.
目次
Foreword / Preface // Part I: Political Reform and the Anti-LDP Coalitions / 1. The Day the Mountains Moved / 2. Beyond the Politics of Saying No / 3. Following Through on Electoral Reform / 4. The Rise and Fall of “Reformist Governments”: Hosokawa and Hata, 1993-1994 // Part II: Partisan Realignment and Institutional Reform / 1. Fault Lines in Our Emergency Management System / 2. Japan’s Decision-Making under the Coalition Governments / 3. National Political Reform in the 1990s: Political Revolution from Above / 4. Two Faces of the Japanese Electorate: The Organized Voters versus the Unorganized Voters on the Process of Partisan Realignment/Dealignment // Part III: Top-Down Leadership and a Nascent Two-Party System / 1. Manifestoes as a Means of Reforming Japanese Politics / 2. The 1990s Reforms Have Transformed Japanese Politics / 3. Political Reform in Japan / 4. The Politics of Pension Retrenchment in Japan / 5. Lessons from the LDP Landslide / 6. Koizumi Ushers in the “2005 Setup” / 7. What’s Gone Wrong with the Abe Administration? // Part IV: The DPJ at the Helm / 1. Who Ended the LDP’s Reign? / 2. What Will the Change of Government Bring to Japanese Politics? / 3. The Manifesto: Why Was the DPJ Unable to Keep Its Campaign Promises? / 4. The Failure of the Democratic Party of Japan: The Negative Effects of the Predominant Party System // Part V: “Kantei Leadership” and the Twilight of Heisei / 1. The Role of the Kantei in Policymaking / 2. Institutional Foundation for the Abe Government’s Political Power: The Development of Prime Ministerial Control and Responsibility for National Policy / 3. An Inside View from the Advisory Council: Looking Back at the Seven Months That Decided the Emperor’s Future // Chronology of the Heisei Era / About the Supervisor, Editor, and Authors
