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Governing Japan 4e de Stockwin

Governing Japan 4e

Autor Stockwin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mar 2008
This fourth edition provides an in-depth, up-to-date, chronological analysis of Japan's current political system and the contributions of its leaders. It emphasizes why Japan and its politics matters in a global society.

  • Ideal for college courses on Japanese or comparative politics as well as for those interested in Japanese war memory, constitutional revision, and Japan's relationship with the US, China, and North and South Korea
  • Investigates the divided aspects existing below the veneer of consensus in Japanese politics
  • Explores conflicts between power-hungry political groups as well as fundamental differences regarding Japan's constitution, the interpretation of Japanese actions in the Asia-Pacific War, and Japan's place in today's world
  • Advocates a system that readily permits changes of party in power for the present system dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party
  • Examines the extreme statements of high profile politicians to determine whether a "nationalist resurgence" in Japan is real or not
  • Sheds light on the official incompetence and the spectacular rise of civil society following the Kobe earthquake
  • Features numerous Japanese sources
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405154161
ISBN-10: 1405154160
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 170 x 244 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:4. Auflage
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

undergraduates and graduates studying Japanese politics, international relations, or the politics of East and South East Asia

Notă biografică

J. A. A. Stockwin received a degree at Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1959 and a doctorate in International Relations from the Australian National University in Canberra in 1965. He taught in the Department of Political Science at the Australian National University until 1981; and was Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford from 1982 to 2003. Stockwin remains active in researching and writing on the politics of Japan.

Cuprins

General Editor's Introduction ix
List of Tables x
Maps xii
Conventions xiv
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction: Why Japan and its Politics Matter 1
2 Historical Background: Japan's Emergence as a Modern State and the Politics of War, 1853-1945 12
3 Social Background: How far Social Norms and Behaviour Influence Politics 28
4 Political Reconstruction and Development, 1945-1989 48
5 One Step Forward and One Step Back: Attempting Political Reform in the 1990s 76
6 New Politics for the New Millennium: The Koizumi Effect 101
7 Who Runs Japan? 135
8 Parliament and Parliamentary Elections: The Changing Character of Electioneering 156
9 The Politics of Party: The Liberal Democrats and their Rivals 179
10 Some Problems of the Constitution 202
11 Issues of Domestic Political Concern 224
12 Issues of Foreign Policy and Defence 246
13 Conclusions: The Analytical Challenge of Japanese Politics 265
Appendix 1: House of Representatives election results, 1946-1955 273
Appendix 2: House of Representatives election results, 1958-1972 275
Appendix 3: House of Representatives election results, 1976-1990 276
Appendix 4: House of Representatives election results, 1993-2005 278
Appendix 5: House of Councillors election results, 11 July 2004 280
Appendix 6: House of Councillors election results, 29 July 2007 281
Further Reading 282
Index 289

Descriere

This fourth edition provides an in-depth, up-to-date, chronological analysis of Japan's current political system and the contributions of its leaders. It emphasizes why Japan and its politics matters in a global society. .