Japanese politics today : beyond karaoke democracy? / edited by Purnendra Jain, Takashi Inoguchi.

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_ Party politics at the crossroads / Purnendra C. Jain -- New heights, louder message : abstentions in Japan´s national elections, 1993-95 / Masumi Ishikawa -- Changing legislative process in the transitional period / Minoru Nakano -- Reforming Japanese politics : highway of change or road to nowhere? / J.A.A. Stockwin -- Japanese bureaucracy : coping with new challenges / Takashi Inoguchi -- Story of three booms : from the New Liberal Club to the Hosokawa coalition government / Steven R. Reed -- Big business and politics in Japan, 1993-95 / Akira Kubota -- Tax policy in Japan after the demise of conservative dominance / Junko Kato -- Heisei labour politics : a long and winding road / Toru Shinoda -- Japan´s agricultural politics at a turning point / Tomoaki Iwai -- Changing local politics : party realignment and growing competition / Masaaki Kataoka -- 1996 general election : status quo or step forward? / Purnendra C. Jain and Maureen Todhunter.