| Advice and Consent Contributor(s): Schwartz, Frank J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 052158048X ISBN-13: 9780521580489 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $127.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: The postwar era has witnessed a pluralizing trend in Japan, but small sets of narrowly-focused interest groups still dominate policymaking. Over 200 small consultative councils (shingikai), composed of business people, bureaucrats, scholars, journalists, union members, and others, deliberate on virtually every aspect of public policy. This book reviews their functions and operations, and presents three case studies of specific governmental decisions involving the use of shingikai in the late 1980s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Political Science | World - General |
| Dewey: 322.309 |
| LCCN: 97014943 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.28" W x 9.31" (1.42 lbs) 343 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Japanese |