Part I. Policy-making at the national level : Editor's introduction -- An outline of the policy-making process in Japan -- The small and medium-sized enterprises organization law -- Interest groups in the legislative process -- Part II. Public opinion and voting behavior : Editor's introduction -- Electoral behavior in a conservative stronghold: A case study of the Ishikawa Prefecture -- The voting behavior and party preference of labor -- Consciousness of human rights and problems of equality -- Part III. Policy-making at the local level : Editor's introduction -- Leadership and power structure in local politics -- Part IV. The making of foreign policy : Editor's introduction -- Japan's voting behavior in the United Nations -- Consciousness of peace and national security

1. Japan -- Politics and government -- 1945-