Japan's Political Marketplace: With a New Preface (Revised)

Author/Contributor(s):	Ramseyer, J Mark ; Rosenbluth, Frances McCall
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Date:	03/25/1997
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Mark Ramseyer and Frances McCall Rosenbluth show how rational-choice theory can be applied to Japanese politics. Using the concept of principal and agent, Ramseyer/and Rosenbluth construct a persuasive account of political relationships in Japan. In doing so, they demonstrate that political considerations and institutional arrangements reign in what, to most of the world, looks like an independently powerful bureaucratic state