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The Logic of Japanese Politics. Leaders, Institutions and the Limits of Change.
Gerald L. Curtis
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Description for The Logic of Japanese Politics. Leaders, Institutions and the Limits of Change.
Curtis surveys the current state of Japanese politics and predicts what events are likely to transpire in Japan in the coming years. This book offers a unique perspective into Japanese political identity through the lens of its relation to worldwide political systems. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 line drawing; 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DD; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
Widely recognized both in America and Japan for his insider knowledge and penetrating analyses of Japanese politics, Gerald Curtis is the political analyst best positioned to explore the complexities of the Japanese political scene today. Curtis has personally known most of the key players in Japanese politics for more than thirty years, and he draws on their candid comments to provide invaluable and graphic insights into the world of Japanese politics. By relating the behavior of Japanese political leaders to the institutions within which they must operate, Curtis makes sense out of what others have regarded as enigmatic or illogical. ... Read more
Widely recognized both in America and Japan for his insider knowledge and penetrating analyses of Japanese politics, Gerald Curtis is the political analyst best positioned to explore the complexities of the Japanese political scene today. Curtis has personally known most of the key players in Japanese politics for more than thirty years, and he draws on their candid comments to provide invaluable and graphic insights into the world of Japanese politics. By relating the behavior of Japanese political leaders to the institutions within which they must operate, Curtis makes sense out of what others have regarded as enigmatic or illogical. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231108423
SKU
V9780231108423
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About Gerald L. Curtis
Gerald L. Curtis is Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and the former director of the East Asian Institute. He is the author of The Japanese Way of Politics and Election Campaigning Japanese Style, both published by Columbia University Press.
Reviews for The Logic of Japanese Politics. Leaders, Institutions and the Limits of Change.
Logic is a fine book, in fact an outstanding one. The jacket blurbs are, for once, right in their enthusiasm...For the Japanese scholar, the detail-oriented reader and anyone who wants an insider's view, written by an outsider, this book has no current peer.
John E. Tropman Asia Pacific Business Review [A] senior statesman in the field... Curtis does not ... Read more
John E. Tropman Asia Pacific Business Review [A] senior statesman in the field... Curtis does not ... Read more