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Book Synopsis Democratizing Japan by : Robert E. Ward
Download or read book Democratizing Japan written by Robert E. Ward and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The value of this book resides in the interweaving of Japanese and American scholarship and viewpoints on a number of aspects of the total Occupation experience that are of critical importance to a historical explanation of its accomplishments or shortfalls. Attention is given to the new constitution of 1946-1947, the most fundamental institutional change wrought by the Occupation's major programs of institutional and procedural reform and the formation and early development of the conservative and reformist parties.
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Book Synopsis Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan by : Harukata Takenaka
Download or read book Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan written by Harukata Takenaka and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan presents a compelling case study on change in political regimes through its exploration of Japan's transition to democracy. Within a broad-ranging examination of Japan's "semi-democratic" political system from 1918 to 1932, when political parties tended to dominate the government, the book analyzes in detail why this system collapsed in 1932 and discusses the implications of the failure. By reference to comparable cases—prewar Argentina, prewar Germany, postwar Brazil, and 1980s Thailand—Harukata Takenaka reveals that the factors responsible for the breakdown of the Taisho democracy in Japan replicated those that precipitated the collapse of democracy in Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere in Asia. While most literature on these transitions focuses on successful cases, Takenaka explores democratic failure to answer questions about how and why political parties and their leaders can behave in ways that undermine the democratic institutions that serve as the basis for their formal authority.
Book Synopsis Democratizing the Enemy by : Brian Masaru Hayashi
Download or read book Democratizing the Enemy written by Brian Masaru Hayashi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II some 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and detained in concentration camps in several states. These Japanese Americans lost millions of dollars in property and were forced to live in so-called "assembly centers" surrounded by barbed wire fences and armed sentries. In this insightful and groundbreaking work, Brian Hayashi reevaluates the three-year ordeal of interred Japanese Americans. Using previously undiscovered documents, he examines the forces behind the U.S. government's decision to establish internment camps. His conclusion: the motives of government officials and top military brass likely transcended the standard explanations of racism, wartime hysteria, and leadership failure. Among the other surprising factors that played into the decision, Hayashi writes, were land development in the American West and plans for the American occupation of Japan. What was the long-term impact of America's actions? While many historians have explored that question, Hayashi takes a fresh look at how U.S. concentration camps affected not only their victims and American civil liberties, but also people living in locations as diverse as American Indian reservations and northeast Thailand.
Book Synopsis Building Democracy in Japan by : Mary Alice Haddad
Download or read book Building Democracy in Japan written by Mary Alice Haddad and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a grassroots perspective and holistic understanding of Japan's democratization process and what it means for the nation today.
Book Synopsis Japan's Multilayered Democracy by : Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti
Download or read book Japan's Multilayered Democracy written by Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces a multilayered approach to the study of democracy, combining specific knowledge of Japan with theoretical insights from the literature on democratization. It examines different aspects of Japanese democracy—historical, institutional, and sociocultural—to provide a conscious understanding of the nature and practice of democracy, both in Japan and beyond. The book's chapters give testimony to the dynamic nature and continuity of Japanese democracy and analyze its strengths and weaknesses. The central argument of this book is that Japan’s democratization should be seen as a multilayered experience shaped by the gradual process of absorbing democratic ideas, forming democratic institutions, and practicing democratic behaviors and rituals at various levels of society. As the case of Japan shows, democracy is neither a structured formula nor only a set of democratic laws and institutions, but a continuous, gradual process.
Book Synopsis Japan's Dysfunctional Democracy: The Liberal Democratic Party and Structural Corruption by : Roger W. Bowen
Download or read book Japan's Dysfunctional Democracy: The Liberal Democratic Party and Structural Corruption written by Roger W. Bowen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a short, readable, and incisive study of the corrosive effects of corruption in one of the world's major liberal democracies. It explores the disconnect between democratic rule and undemocratic practices in Japan since the Second World War, with special attention to the corrupt practices of various prime ministers and the resulting sense of political cynicism and powerlessness among the general public.
Book Synopsis Democracy in Japan by : Takeshi Ishida
Download or read book Democracy in Japan written by Takeshi Ishida and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1989 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following World War II, the American Occupation created Western style democratic institutions in Japan and sought to develop a society and culture that would support a democratic political system. Now, after four decades, the successes and failures of Japanese democracy can be assessed. How equal are Japan's citizens? To what extent are their views represented in the legislature? How does Japan handle dissent and protest? How stable is its democracy? In closely related and readable essays, thirteen leading experts consider three main components of democracy in Japan - political, social, and economic. The editors' introduction provides historical background, making this book accessible and valuable for students, the general reader interested in Japan, as well as the specialist.
Book Synopsis Contemporary Japanese Politics by : Tomohito Shinoda
Download or read book Contemporary Japanese Politics written by Tomohito Shinoda and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decentralized policymaking power in Japan had developed under the reign of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), yet in the1990s, institutional changes fundamentally altered Japan's political landscape. Tomohito Shinoda tracks these developments in the operation of and tensions between Japan's political parties and the public's behavior in elections, as well as in the government's ability to coordinate diverse policy preferences and respond to political crises. The selection of Junichiro Koizumi, an anti-mainstream politician, as prime minister in 2001 initiated a power shift to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and ended LDP rule. Shinoda details these events and Prime Minister Koizumi's use of them to practice strong policymaking leadership. He also outlines the institutional initiatives introduced by the DPJ government and their impact on policymaking, illustrating the importance of balanced centralized institutions and bureaucratic support.
Book Synopsis The Beginnings of Political Democracy in Japan by : Nobutaka Ike
Download or read book The Beginnings of Political Democracy in Japan written by Nobutaka Ike and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1969 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Changing Politics in Japan by : Ikuo Kabashima
Download or read book Changing Politics in Japan written by Ikuo Kabashima and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashima-a former professor who is now Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture-and Gill Steel outline the basic features of politics in postwar Japan in an accessible and engaging manner. They focus on the dynamic relationship between voters and elected or nonelected officials and describe the shifts that have occurred in how voters respond to or control political elites and how officials both respond to, and attempt to influence, voters. The authors return time and again to the theme of changes in representation and accountability. Kabashima and Steel set out to demolish the still prevalent myth that Japanese politics are a stagnant set of entrenched systems and interests that are fundamentally undemocratic. In its place, they reveal a lively and dynamic democracy, in which politicians and parties are increasingly listening to and responding to citizens' needs and interests and the media and other actors play a substantial role in keeping democratic accountability alive and healthy. Kabashima and Steel describe how all the political parties in Japan have adapted the ways in which they attempt to organize and channel votes and argue that contrary to many journalistic stereotypes the government is increasingly acting in the "the interests of citizens"-the median voter's preferences.
Book Synopsis Democracy in Post-War Japan by : Rikki Kersten
Download or read book Democracy in Post-War Japan written by Rikki Kersten and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy in Post-War Japan assesses the development of democracy through the writings of the brilliant political thinker Maruyama Masao. The author explores the significance of Maruyama's notion of personal and social autonomy and its impact on the development of a distinctively Japanese democratic ideal. This book, based on contemporary documents and on interviews with Maruyama, is the only full-scale analysis of his work and thought to be published in English.
Book Synopsis Partners for Democracy by : Ray A. Moore
Download or read book Partners for Democracy written by Ray A. Moore and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2002 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945 Emperor Hirohito signed Japan's unconditional surrender to the United States and its allies. Tackling a timely subject, this work takes the controversial stand that the constitution of Japan was not imposed as a document of defeat.
Book Synopsis Popular Democracy in Japan by : Sherry L. Martin
Download or read book Popular Democracy in Japan written by Sherry L. Martin and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Democracy in Japan examines a puzzle in Japanese politics: Why do Japanese women turn out to vote at rates higher than men? On the basis of in-depth fieldwork in various parts of the country, Sherry L. Martin argues that the exclusion of women from a full range of opportunities in public life provokes many of them to seek alternative outlets for self-expression. They have options that include a wide variety of study, hobby, and lifelong learning groups—a feature of Japanese civic life that the Ministry of Education encourages. Women who participate in these alternative spaces for learning tend, Martin finds, to examine the political conditions that have pushed them there. Her research suggests that study group participation increases women’s confidence in using various types of political participation (including voting) to pressure political elites for a more inclusive form of democracy. Considerable overlap between the narratives that emerge from women’s groups and a survey of national public opinion identifies these groups as crucial sites for crafting and circulating public discourses about politics. Martin shows how the interplay between public opinion and institutional change has given rise to bottom-up changes in electoral politics that culminated in the 2009 Democratic Party of Japan victory in the House of Representatives election.
Book Synopsis Allied Occupation of Japan by : Eiji Takemae
Download or read book Allied Occupation of Japan written by Eiji Takemae and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the end of the American-led Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-52), The Allied Occupation of Japan is a sweeping history of the revolutionary reforms that transformed Japan and the remarkable men and women, American and Japanese, who implemented them.
Book Synopsis Critical Readings on the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan by : Robert Pekkanen
Download or read book Critical Readings on the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan written by Robert Pekkanen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brill Critical Readings on the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan collects seminal scholarship on the LDP including its structure and organization (e.g. factions, koenkai), historical development, policy-making, and leadership by Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe.
Book Synopsis Democracy Without Competition in Japan by : Ethan Scheiner
Download or read book Democracy Without Competition in Japan written by Ethan Scheiner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.
