The Japanese Prime Minister and Public Policy
The Japanese Prime Minister and Public Policy
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日本首相与公共政策
DOI：
10.2307/2760700
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发表时间：
1993
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Kenji Hayao
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作者：
Kenji Hayao
尽管日本在世界事务中的重要性不可否认，无论是在政治上还是在经济上，但日本首相一职受到学者的关注，远远低于其他先进工业化民主国家的最高政治职位。本书系统分析了日本首相在政策制定过程中的作用和影响。Hayao认为，日本首相可以在改变政策方面发挥重要作用，如果不是关键的话。在日本，首相的风格与通常被认为是议会领导人的风格不同：他倾向于被动反应，而不是强硬和自信。角色是如何发展成这样的？如果他不是政策变革的主要发起者，那么首相如何以及在什么条件下能够让人们感受到他的影响？最后，这种相当软弱的领导层会带来什么后果？在回答这些问题时，Hayao教授介绍了中曾根康弘的两个案例（教育改革和税制改革），以了解中曾根康弘是如何参与政策问题的，以及他是如何影响这一过程的。Hayao接着分析了一些在解释首相在政策过程中的作用时似乎很重要的广泛力量：领导人是如何被选择的，他与政治体系中其他重要角色的关系-政党和地方政府;以及他的“内部”工作人员和顾问的结构。
Despite the undeniable importance of Japan in world affairs, both politically and economically, the office of the Japanese prime minister has received far less attention from scholars than have the top political offices in other advanced industrialised democracies. This book offers a systematic analysis of the Japanese prime minister's role and influence in the policy process. Kenji Hayao argues that the Japanese prime minister can play a major if not a critical role in bringing about a change in policy. In Japan the prime minister's style is different from what is considered usual for parliamentary leaders: rather than being strong and assertive, he tends to be reactive. How did the role develop in this way? If he is not a major initiator of policy change, how and under what conditions can the prime minister make his impact felt? Finally, what are the consequences of this rather weak leadership? In answering these questions, Professor Hayao presents two case studies (educational reform and reform of the tax system) involving Nakasone Yasuhiro to see how he became involved in the policy issues and how he affected the process. Hayao then examines a number of broad forces that seem important in explaining the prime minister's role in the policy process: how a leader is chosen and his relationships with other important actors in the political system - the political parties and the subgovernments; and the structure of his "inner" staff and advisers.