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How the Conservatives Rule Japan
By (Author) Nathaniel Bowman Thayer
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th May 2015
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Right-of-centre democratic ideologies
952.04
Paperback
370
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
510g
Dr. Thayer, who was American press attache in Tokyo from 1962 to 1965, presents a detailed account of conservative politics in Japan. Although he makes some historical comparisons, Dr. Thayer's main focus is on the contemporary workings of the Liberal Democratic Party, the ruling party in Japan. He identifies the political elements: the men are the