現代日本政治史 ──「改革の政治」とオルタナティヴ (ちくま新書)

現代日本政治史 ──「改革の政治」とオルタナティヴ (ちくま新書)

Good.

It was a very interesting book. This book  is about modern politics in Japan. Most of the characters (politicians) are alive, I know most of the people.

After WWII, Japan had two big parties. LDP and SDP. LDP is classified as coservative, and SDP is reformist.LDP claims Self-Guard is constitutional, and supports Japan-US Security Treaty,  SDP is against these claims.

However, the claims of SDP because out-dated, and next opposing axis became “Big”

 or “Small” government. This conflict is being conducted inside the LDP. Some leaders claim Small government (like Koizumi), and some claim Big government (like Mori). So, most of the time, the LDP is the government party in Japan. The LDP Presidential election is more exciting than the general election. This is not so good for democracy, because only party members can elect the LDP presidential election, although all Japanese can elect general election.

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