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Description of  Political Reform Reconsidered: The Trajectory of a Transformed Japanese State

This Open Access book provides a comprehensive analysis of political reforms in Japan since the 1990s, emphasizing the role of ideas in shaping their goals and outcomes. For more than fifteen years following the collapse of Japans economic bubble, politicians, business people and academics tackled a range of institutional reforms. The sweeping changes they enactedcovering almost all facets of the public sphere, including elections, public administration, courts and the central bankfundamentally altered Japanese political processes and policies. Taken together, they arguably represent the final touches of Japans political modernization, which had been unfolding since the mid-19 Read more