The Abe Administration and the Rise of the Prime Ministerial Executive (Routledge Focus on Asia)

Aurelia George Mulgan is Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. . Her publications include Ozawa Ichir and Japanese Politics: Old Versus New (Routledge, 2014)

Her publications include Ozawa Ichir and Japanese Politics: Old Versus New (Routledge, 2014). About the AuthorAurelia George Mulgan is Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia.

Comparing the Westminster and presidential systems of governance and applying them to Japan’s contemporary politics, the book shows that whilst elements of both can be found, neither captures the essence of the transformation involved in the rise of the prime ministerial executive. With the advent of the second Abe administration, the question of ‘who leads’ in Japan has become much easier to answer - the Prime Minister and his executive office, backed by a substantial policy support apparatus. Providing a thorough analysis of power in Japanese politics, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Japanese Politics, Comparative Politics and Asian Studies.. It analyses how reform of central government under Prime Ministers Nakasone, Hashimoto and Koizumi has produc