This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.

This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.

Although democracy is, in principle, the antithesis of dynastic rule, families with multiple members in elective office continue to be common around the world.

The first two decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a rise of populism and decline of public confidence in many of the formal institutions of democ

A full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition.