A casualty of political transformation? The politics of energy efficiency in the Japanese transportation sector

Journal of East Asian Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-439

  Lipscy, Phillip Y ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Democratic Party of Japan; Elections; Electoral reform; Energy efficiency; Energy policy; Gasoline; Highways; Japan; Japanese politics; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872225947     PISSN: 15982408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1598240800008080     Document Type: Article

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