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Interest Groups and the Process of Political Decision-making in Japan
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ABSTRACT
Anyaccountofasociety'spoliticalstructurereliesuponsome methodologicalassumptions.Differentassumptionsleadtodifferentinterpretationsorexplanationsofthepoliticalstructure.There is,therefore,roomtodebatethenatureofJapan'spolitical structure.EveniftheJapanesesystemisviewedasbeinga democracy,disagreementswillariseastowhoreallyhasinfluence, astothegroupswhichhavepower,andastotheexactnatureof therelationshipsbetweenthevariousactors(Sone1982).