Green Politics in Japan

This study has many general findings beyond its primary concern with party politics as it points incisively to the limits of change in Japan\'s urban society. It paints the picutre of a country at the turn of the new century which is structured to hinder the emergence and growth of Green politics and which perpetuates the strength of the \'old\' political parties. David Edgington, Pacific Affairs. Lam Peng-Er examines the strengths and organization of the Network Movement, Japan\'s Green Party. He finds that it remains marginal because of the dominance of the mainstream party machine.