"Probably the most sophisticated recent treatment of local government in Japan that I have seen. Written with a strong comparative frame of reference, this book is for anyone exploring the relationship between national and local governments in different countries."--Margaret A. McKean, author of "Environmental Protest and Citizen Politics in Japan" "Muramatsu's scholarship on the subject is the best available anywhere, and his boldly revisionist arguments are both provocative and persuasive."--Haruhiro Fukui, author of ...
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"Probably the most sophisticated recent treatment of local government in Japan that I have seen. Written with a strong comparative frame of reference, this book is for anyone exploring the relationship between national and local governments in different countries."--Margaret A. McKean, author of "Environmental Protest and Citizen Politics in Japan" "Muramatsu's scholarship on the subject is the best available anywhere, and his boldly revisionist arguments are both provocative and persuasive."--Haruhiro Fukui, author of "Party in Power"
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