Book contents
- The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms
- The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Political Context
- 2 Expansion of the Japanese Prime Minister’s Power and Transformation of Japanese Politics
- 3 Why Does the Abe Government’s Approval Rating Always Recover?
- 4 The LDP under Abe
- 5 The Third Arrow of Abenomics: Est. in 2013 – or 2007?
- Part III Macroeconomic Policy
- Part IV Third Arrow of Abenomics
- Part V Foreign Policy
- Index
2 - Expansion of the Japanese Prime Minister’s Power and Transformation of Japanese Politics
from Part II - Political Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2021
Book contents
- The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms
- The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Political Context
- 2 Expansion of the Japanese Prime Minister’s Power and Transformation of Japanese Politics
- 3 Why Does the Abe Government’s Approval Rating Always Recover?
- 4 The LDP under Abe
- 5 The Third Arrow of Abenomics: Est. in 2013 – or 2007?
- Part III Macroeconomic Policy
- Part IV Third Arrow of Abenomics
- Part V Foreign Policy
- Index
Summary
This chapter demonstrates how a series of institutional reforms since 1994 have transformed the Japanese prime minister’s relationship with other actors in the Japanese parliamentary system and expanded his power. His power grew in terms of discretion in making ministerial appointments as well as policy formulation capacities. It further discloses that his power has grown even more since the formation of the second Abe administration in 2012 because of such opportunities as the civil service reform of 2014.
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