{"id":53255,"date":"2023-12-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/?p=53255"},"modified":"2024-01-10T17:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T08:29:19","slug":"critical-review-of-the-abe-administration-was-published-by-routledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/2023\/12\/12\/53255\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCritical Review of the Abe Administration\u201d was published by Routledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201cCritical Review of the Abe Administration: Politics of Conservatism and Realism,\u201d edited by Yoichi Funabashi and Koji Nakakita, was published by Routledge on December 12, 2023. This book has been released as part of Asia Pacific Initiative\u2019s Critical Review of the Abe Administration<\/u><\/a> project.<\/p>\n

Originally published in Bungeishunju in Japanese<\/u><\/a>, this book examines policies pursued by the administration and its governance based on over 50 investigative interviews with key figures in the administration, including former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. <\/p>\n

The contributors cover nine major policies, including economic policy, diplomacy and security, work style reform, trade liberalization, and historical issues, and explore why a specific policy was chosen at that time, who made that decision, and on what grounds. Reviewing such decision-making processes sheds light on the issue of governance. Consequently, this book also analyses the administration\u2019s distinctive style of governance, such as strong leadership from the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, ability to navigate party politics, and overwhelming victories in national elections.<\/p>\n

An essential for scholars and students in the fields of public administration, public policy, Japanese studies, and Asian Studies.<\/p>\n

Routledge<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Editors<\/strong>: Yoichi Funabashi, Koji Nakakita<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong>
\n What made Abe\u2019s long and stable administration possible?<\/p>\n

Chapter 1<\/strong>
\nAbenomics: Putting the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan under the Prime Minister\u2019s control<\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/strong>
\nElections and public relations campaigns: Winning over the younger generation in a “silent revolution”<\/p>\n

Chapter 3<\/strong>
\nThe Prime Minister\u2019s Office in charge: The conditions that enabled strong and stable leadership<\/p>\n

Chapter 4<\/strong>
\nForeign and security policy: The pursuit of strategy<\/p>\n

Chapter 5<\/strong>
\nPolitics on TPP and CPTPP: Turning Japan into one of the world\u2019s major free trade powers<\/p>\n

Chapter 6<\/strong>
\nHistory issues: A consistently realist approach<\/p>\n

Chapter 7<\/strong>
\nGovernance of the ruling parties: The pervasive control of the prime minister<\/p>\n

Chapter 8<\/strong>
\nSkillful agenda-setting for women\u2019s policy<\/p>\n

Chapter 9<\/strong>
\nConstitutional revision\u2014Why it failed<\/p>\n

\u25ceInterviewees (Only some are listed; without honorifics)
\nShinzo Abe\uff0fYoshihide Suga\uff0fFumio Kishida\uff0fAkira Amari\uff0fKatsunobu Kato\uff0fShigeru Ishiba\uff0fSadakazu Tanigaki\uff0fNatsuo Yamaguchi\uff0fShiori Kanno\uff0fKiyomi Tsujimoto and others<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cCritical Review of the Abe Administration: Politics of Conservatism and Realism,\u201d edited by Yoichi Funabashi and Koji Nakakita, was published by Routledge on December 12, 2023. This book has been released as part of Asia Pacific Initiative\u2019s Critical Review of the Abe Administration project. Originally published in Bungeishunju in Japanese, this book examines policies pursued …<\/p>\n

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