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Rather than taking a standard public administration approach to local government, Hijino focuses on the relationship between local and national parties and politicians. This approach generates many new insights and exciting new research agendas. It also makes the study of local government much more relevant to the study of Japanese politics and should thus be of interest to a very wide audience.

Steven R. Reed, Professor in the Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University. Author of Japanese prefectures and policymaking; Structure and behaviour: Extending Duvergers Law to the Japanese case; and editor/co-author of Japan Decides 2014: The Japanese General Election

This book is a masterpiece of Japanese local and multi-level politics in English. Hijino not only shows how intensely integrated intergovernmental relations have been dismantled over the past twenty years, but also clearly analyses how and why this transformation has changed the Japanese polity in comparative perspectives. He makes a valuable contribution by introducing the essence of works by Japanese scholars for English readers, as well as by showing the usefulness of regarding Japanese multi-level politics as a case comparable with other industrialized countries like Canada and Germany.

Satoshi Machidori, Professor in the Faculty of Law, Kyoto University. Author of Shusho Seiji no Seido Bunseki: Gendai Nihon Seiji no Kenryoku Kiban Keisei [The Japanese Premiership: An Institutional Analysis of the Power Relations]; co-author of Nihon no Chiho Seiji: Nigen Daihyosei Seifu no Seisaku Sentaku [Japans Local Politics: Continuity and Change in the Presidential System]; contributor of Examining Japans Lost Decades

Local Politics and National Policy

This book is about why and how central and local governments clash over important national policy decisions. Its empirical focus is on the local politics of Japan which has significantly shaped, and been shaped by, larger developments in national politics. The book argues that since the 1990s, changes in the national political arena, fiscal and administrative decentralization, as well as broader socio-economic developments have led to a decoupling of once closely integrated national and local party systems in Japan. Such decoupling has led to a breakdown of symbiotic relations between the centre and regions. In its place are increasing strains between national and local governments leading to greater intra-party conflict, inter-governmental conflicts, and more chief executives with agendas and resources increasingly autonomous of the national ruling party.

Although being a book primarily focused on the Japanese case, the study seeks to contribute to a broader understanding of how local partisans shape national policy-making. The book theorizes and investigates how the degree of state centralization, vertical integration for party organizations, and partisan congruence in different levels of government affect inter-governmental relations.

Japans experience is compared with Germany, Canada, and the UK to explore sources of multi-level policy conflict.

Ken Victor Leonard Hijino is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law in Kyoto University, Japan.

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Local Politics and National Policy
Multi-level Conflicts in Japan and Beyond
Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

Local Politics and National Policy

Multi-level Conflicts in Japan and Beyond

Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

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ISBN: 978-1-138-64041-2 (hbk)
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Contents

This book would not have been possible without generous help and advice from many people.

I am extremely grateful to Steven Reed, Masahiko Tatebayashi, Satoshi Machidori, Kengo Soga, Naofumi Fujimura, Akira Tsuji, and Yosuke Sunahara for providing immensely useful and thorough reviews of my manuscript drafts.

The book also benefitted from presentations at the Association of Asian Studies, Japanese Society for Public Administration, and Kansai Gyosei Kenkyukai. I thank panelists and audience for their feedback.

I would like to thank Kiyosada Somae, Haruya Sakamoto, and Sato Manabu for introducing me to various interview contacts in Okinawa and other regions at early stages of fieldwork. I am also grateful to various journalists at Ryukyu Shimpo, Okinawa Times, and Hokkaido Shimbun, the research department at LDP headquarters, as well as the research department at the National Association of Chairpersons of Prefectural Assemblies for help in providing data. Thanks also to Daniel Smith for sharing his data set on candidate backgrounds. The book, in particular the comparative chapter, benefitted from two grants from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) which allowed me to conduct research within Japan and make research trips to the UK and Canada. I would also like to thank my two assistants at Kyoto University, Shuzo Tani and Takuma Ogawa, who provided outstanding support for data input and other research work.

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