Les conditions politiques de la réforme de l’État au Japon. Le fonctionnement du «marché politique» et la légitimité à l’épreuve de la crise

The Political Conditions for Reform of the State in Japan. The functioning of the «Political Market » and Legitimacy Put to the Test by Crisis Contrary to what is suggested by a reductionist view, reform of Japan’s central administration since 1993 has proceeded less from a confrontation between senior civil servants and those in electoral office, as from the development of relations between political, managerial and administrative elites. This particularly complex game, influenced by globalisation and the internal logic of the Japanese political System, has enabled, in particular, the legitimacy of the political sphere to be restored. In fact, the process of State reform reveals a redefinition of the rules of the political game, marked by a renewal of discourses and the emergence of new actors. However, will this evolution, which has tended to increase the power of the new political elites to the detriment of senior civil servants, bring about institutional modifications likely to perpetuate similar developments

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