1. Construction Contractors and the Calculus of Collusion -- 2. Public Works Bureaucrats Under Siege -- 3. The Career Politician and the Phantom Party's Invisible Feet -- 4. Factioneers, Tribalists, and the LDP's Construction Caucus -- Conclusion: Change and Inertia in the Politics of Japanese Public Works -- Appendix A. Chronology of Trade Friction and Scandal in Japanese Construction, 1985-1994 -- Appendix B. Administrative Vice-Ministers of Construction, 1948-1994 -- Appendix C. Construction Ministers, 1955-1994 -- Appendix D. Positional Influence and the Pork Barrel: A Multivariate Regression Model
Analysis
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Politics Scandals
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Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-204) and index
