| | | vii | (2) |
| | | ix | (1) |
| Preface | | x | (2) |
| Foreword to the English Edition | | xii | (2) |
| Chronological Note | | xiv | (1) |
| Conventions | | xv | |
| Introduction | | 1 | (12) |
| Part I: Policy Decisions Japanese-style | | 13 | (90) |
| 1 The Political Process of Welfare Policy Formation: The 1985 Public Pensions System Reform | | | 13 | (51) |
| 1. Influence in the policy-making process | | | 13 | (3) |
| 2. Preparation and drafting | | | 16 | (28) |
| 3. The Diet deliberation, amendment and decision-making process | | | 44 | (4) |
| 4. Opposition party influence on pensions policy | | | 48 | (13) |
| 5. A hypothesis for party-administration relationships | | | 61 | (3) |
| 2 Fundamental Patterns in Japanese Politics | | | 64 | (39) |
| 1. An attempt at classification | | | 64 | (3) |
| 2. Six patterns in Japanese politics | | | 67 | (31) |
| 3. Fleshing out the classification | | | 98 | (5) |
| Part II: The Electoral and Policy-Making Processes | | 103 | (56) |
| 3 Elections and Policy-Making | | | 103 | (56) |
| Introduction | | 103 | (2) |
| 1. Policy and the electoral-economic cycle | | | 105 | (13) |
| 2. Patterns in policy-election relationships | | | 118 | (25) |
| 3. Elections and the tax system during the Nakasone administration | | | 143 | (16) |
| Part III: Local politics and policy decisions | | 159 | (76) |
| 4 Public Decision-Making and the Articulation and Mediation of Regional Interests | | | 159 | (47) |
| Introduction | | 159 | (1) |
| 1. Budget demands by local government | | | 160 | (9) |
| 2. Mediators of local interests | | | 169 | (7) |
| 3. Prefectural governments and decision-making | | | 176 | (14) |
| 4. Public decision-making in regional urban administration | | | 190 | (16) |
| 5 Technocracy and Political Friction in the Big City: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Relocation Decision-Making Process | | | 206 | (29) |
| | | 206 | (1) |
| 2. The relocation plans as a bone of contention | | | 207 | (7) |
| 3. The vectors of contention | | | 214 | (7) |
| 4. Resources for persuasion and negotiation | | | 221 | (6) |
| 5. Deliberation and decision-making in the city assembly | | | 227 | (8) |
| Notes | | 235 | (13) |
| Index | | 248 | |
