T. J. Pempel Boeing Professor of International Studies, University of Washington
Few Westerners have a longer or deeper familiarity with the personalities of Japanese party politics than Gerald Curtis. In The Logic of Japanese Politics he provides a masterfully nuanced analysis of the complex interplay between Japanese leaders and institutions during the 1990s. This is an essential book for anyone anxious to follow the political developments of this dynamic decade.
John Campbell professor of political science, University of Michigan
Curtis explains the twists and turns of Japanese politics in the 1990s with the canny eye of the insiders insider, and brings his political science wisdom to bear on the deeper trends of Japanese politics and society.
