Former Prime Ministers in Japan

Power, Influence and the Role of Informal Politics
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0683-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Examining both pre-war and post-war Japan, this book investigates what Japanese prime ministers have done after stepping down from office and what influence they have continued to exert.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dobson, Hugo

Narita, Karin

Rose, Caroline

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. The role of former leaders and the Japanese prime minister

3. Former Japanese prime ministers, the Meiji period to World War 2

4. Former Japanese prime ministers, 1945 to 1989

5. Former Japanese prime ministers, 1989 onwards

6. Analysis and conclusions

Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Narita, Karin
Karin Narita is Research Associate in Japanese Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.

Dobson, Hugo
Hugo Dobson is Professor of Japan’s International Relations at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield.

Rose, Caroline
Caroline Rose is Professor of Sino-Japanese Relations at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds.

Hugo Dobson is Professor of Japan’s International Relations at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield.

Karin Narita is Research Associate in Japanese Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.

Caroline Rose is Professor of Sino-Japanese Relations at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds.