TY - BOOK ID - 78645532 TI - Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan AU - Carlson, Matthew M., AU - Reed, Steven R PY - 2018 SN - 1501715674 9781501715679 9781501715662 1501715666 9781501715655 1501715658 PB - Ithaca, NY DB - UniCat KW - Scandals KW - Political corruption KW - Boss rule KW - Corruption (in politics) KW - Graft in politics KW - Malversation KW - Political scandals KW - Politics, Practical KW - Corruption KW - Misconduct in office KW - History KW - History. KW - Corrupt practices KW - Japan KW - Politics and government KW - J4239 KW - J4601 KW - J4600.90 KW - Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social pathology -- corruption (general) KW - Japan: Politics and law -- policy, legislation, guidelines, codes of behavior KW - Japan: Politics and law -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary KW - political reform, liberal democratic party, political history, social science. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78645532 AB - Combining history with comparative politics, Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed take on political corruption and scandals, and the reforms designed to counter them, in post-World War II Japan.Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan makes sense of the scandals that have plagued Japanese politics for more than half a century and attempts to show how reforms have evolved to counter the problems. What causes political corruption to become more or less serious over time? they ask. The authors examine major political corruption scandals beginning with the early postwar period until the present day as one way to make sense of how the nature of corruption changes over time. They also consider bureaucratic corruption and scandals, violations of electoral law, sex scandals, and campaign finance regulations and scandals.In the end, Carlson and Reed write, though Japanese politics still experiences periodic scandals, the political reforms of 1994 have significantly reduced the levels of political corruption. The basic message is that reform can reduce corruption. The causes and consequences of political corruption in Japan, they suggest, are much like those in other consolidated democracies. ER -