Japan under the DPJ: The paradox of political change without policy change

Journal of East Asian Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-322

  Lipscy, Phillip Y ^a   Scheiner, Ethan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ); Electoral systems; Japan; Liberal Democratic Party (LDP); Party alternation in power; Party realignment; Policy change; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872254219     PISSN: 15982408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1598240800008043     Document Type: Article

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