Japan's Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform

Analysis of the Japanese political system under President Koizumi. Discusses the public disappointment in Koizumi's inability - as leader of a major coalition in a democratic parliament - to fulfil the nation's need for economic reform. Explains this failure in the context of the limitations of traditional Japanese parliamentary policymaking. Includes abbreviations, references, and index. Author is Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales Defence Force Academy and wrote the book while Senior Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change at the Australian National University. Other works include 'The Politics of Agriculture in Japan' and 'Dynamic and Immobilist Politics in Japan'.Aurelia George Mulgan is the author of 'Japan's Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform' with ISBN 9780731536931 and ISBN 0731536932.