Hey! Say Ishin: Ōmae Ken’ichi’s and Hashimoto Tōru’s policy entrepreneurship and the neoliberal reorientation of contemporary Ishin politics

Abstract

This article reevaluates contemporary Ishin by comparing two policy entrepreneurs – managerialist guru Ōmae Ken’Ichi, and former Osaka governor Hashimoto Tōru. It argues that Ōmae’s and Hashimoto’s...