Turning Japanese?: Britain with a Permanent Party of Government Book

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
Pt. 1	Electoral Foundations
1	Britain's Japanese Question: 'Is There a Dominant Party?'	3
2	Why Do the Conservatives Keep Winning?	9
3	Stable Support? Polling Evidence and Conservative Ascendancy	22
Pt. 2	Government and Opposition in Japan
4	From Our Own Correspondent	37
5	Government and Administration Under LDP Rule	56
6	Permanent Opposition: The Japanese Socialist Party	69
7	Comparing Japanese and British Politics: Some Basic Data	81
Pt. 3	Government and Opposition in the United Kingdom
8	Factions and Tendencies in the Conservative Party	93
9	Bluehall? The British Civil Service Since 1979	105
10	Clinging to the Wreckage	114
11	Nightmare on Norm Street	128
12	British Politics in the Doldrums	143
Pt. 4	Options for the Opposition
13	Electoral Pacts: The Lessons of History	161
14	Back to Basics	173
15	Tales from Elsewhere and an Hibernian Sermon	193
16	Breaking the Mould - What the Opposition Must Do to Win	211
	Notes on Editors and Contributors	218
	Index	220