TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oka,Takashi
TI  - Policy entrepreneurship and elections in Japan : a political biography of Ozawa Ichiro 
T2  - The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
SN  - 9780415587525 
AV  - DS890.O93 O37 2011
U1  - 328.52092 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Politicians
KW  - Japan
KW  - Biography
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Elections
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1989-
KW  - 1945-1989
N1  - "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; "Normal nation" : Ozawa's challenge to Japanese exceptionalism -- Early years and shaping influences -- The Kaifu-Ozawa regime and the first Gulf War -- Blueprint for a new Japan : Ozawa's policy manifesto -- 1993 : the election that opened a new era -- Hosokawa cabinet changes the election system -- From the NFP to the Liberal Party : Ozawa's wilderness years -- The Koizumi phenomenon and Ozawa's response -- "Koizumi theater" : the 2005 general election -- Ozawa achieves his goal : the DPJ comes to power -- The international policies of a "normal nation" -- Conclusion: Ozawa's impact on Japanese politics -- Epilogue
ER  -