@article{60a653b462af44e08ca2014aaa16c094,
title = "Continuity and Change in Paths to High Political Office: Ex-Bureaucrats and Hereditary Politicians in Japan",
author = "Chikako Usui",
note = "This paper examines two dominant paths to national political office in order to assess the degree of changes in Japanese politics. Ex-bureaucrats in political office (seikai tenshin) and hereditary politicians (seshu giin) make up a high percentage of prime ministers, cabinet members, and holders of elected positions in the Lower House of the Diet as well as in the Liberal Democratic Party.",
year = "2004",
doi = "10.1057/palgrave.abm.9200106",
language = "American English",
volume = "3",
journal = "Asian Business & Management",
}