Japan's New Party System (Paperback)

Abbreviations ? Preface -- Note on Personal Names -- Chapter 1: The Changing Postwar Party System -- Chapter 2: Rules of the Game: The Impact of the Electoral System on Political Parties -- Chapter 3: The Money Base of Japanese Politics -- Chapter 4: The Liberal Democratic Party: Still the Most Powerful Party in Japan -- Chapter 5: The New Parties of the Second Party System -- Chapter 6: The Komeito Returns: The Party of Buddhist Democracy -- Chapter 7: The Social Democratic Party (Formerly Socialist Party): A Turbulent Odyssey -- Chapter 8: Japanese Communist Party: The Lovable Party -- Chapter 9: The Future of the Second Japanese Party System ? Appendixes ? Bibliography ? Index.