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100 1 _aGOVELLA Kristi
700 _aVOGEL Steven
245 _aJapan in 2007:
_ba divided government/
_cKristi Govella, Steven Vogel
260 _c2008
520 _aThe ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a stunning defeat in the July 2007 upper house elections, creating an unprecedented situation in which the LDP-led coalition lost its majority in the upper house while retaining a two-thirds majority in the lower house. In this new environment, of "divided government" Japanese style, the LDP and the opposition jockeyed for advantage in foreign and domestic policy debates while preparing for a critical confrontation in the next lower house election.
650 _aJAPAN
_xPOLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
690 _aJapan
773 _aAsian Survey:
_gVol.XLVIII No.1 January/February 2008, pp.97-106 (12)
856 _ufile://Lib-svr/SubjectFiles/Japan/F385.pdf
_zClick here to view the full text
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