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Institutional Reform in Japan: The Impact of Electoral, Governmental, and Administrative Reforms on the Policymaking Process

Akbar, Jason A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1331730692

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Political Science (Arts and Sciences).
This thesis is a study of the institutional reforms in Japan, particularly the impact of electoral, governmental, and administrative reforms enacted during 1990s on the current policymaking structure and process. It is well documented that the LDP politicians, government bureaucrats and powerful special interest groups controlled the policymaking process prior to the reforms. Different Japan scholars have offered differing opinions on the impact of the 1994 electoral reform, 1999 Diet and government reform, and 2001 administrative reform on policymaking process. Here I have evaluated the impact of the 1990s reforms by examining three policymaking initiatives of the Koizumi administration. I suggest that understanding the impact of the 1990s reforms requires examining the specific details of each policy initiative at each stage of the policymaking process from creation to implementation. My analysis suggests that the reforms significantly altered the policymaking process at certain but not at all stages of the policymaking. The reforms consolidated the policymaking process but failed to completely rid the influence of bureaucrats and special interest groups on policymaking.
Suzuki Takaazi, PhD (Advisor)
Mosher James, PhD (Committee Member)
Kendhammer Brandon, PhD (Committee Member)
Kendhammer Brandon, PhD (Committee Member)
107 p.
Political Science
political reform; bureaucratic reform; electoral reform; party politics; Japan

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  • Akbar, J. A. (2012). Institutional Reform in Japan: The Impact of Electoral, Governmental, and Administrative Reforms on the Policymaking Process [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1331730692

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Akbar, Jason. Institutional Reform in Japan: The Impact of Electoral, Governmental, and Administrative Reforms on the Policymaking Process. 2012. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1331730692.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Akbar, Jason. "Institutional Reform in Japan: The Impact of Electoral, Governmental, and Administrative Reforms on the Policymaking Process." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1331730692

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