The anatomy of the welfare-zoku: The institutional complementarity of the party commissions and the national reform councils in LDP decision making

Pacific Affairs

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 569-592

  Leduc, Benoit Rousseau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY MAKING; REFORM PROCESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 3242665899     PISSN: 0030851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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