The U.S. and Japan are building an unnecessary unaffordable and unworkable military base at Henoko Okinawa which will destroy a precious coral reef filled with hundreds of rare and endangered species. This is happening in spite of overwhelming opposition from local... Lees meer.

This book argues that Japan s emphasis on democracy assistance reveals its intention to increase its political influence with regards to China based on democratic values and its usage of the term democracy assistance is a performative speech act to orchestrate a comp... Lees meer.

The world s third largest economy and a stable democracy Japan remains a significant world power but its economy has become stagnant and its responses to the earthquake and tsunami of March 11 2011 and the nuclear crisis that followed have raised international conce... Lees meer.

Although democracy is in principle the antithesis of dynastic rule families with multiple members in elective office continue to be common around the world. In most democracies the proportion of such democratic dynasties declines over time and rarely exceeds ten... Lees meer.

This book unveils the layers of Japan s democracy and the essays suggest a widening of disciplinary perspectives. The editors employ an assortment of disciplines history anthropology sociology political science law and cultural studies to explore the complex inter... Lees meer.

The Sino-Japanese crisis of 1931-33 provides effective illustrations of wider themes in British Foreign Policy. It might even be said that the general pattern of opinion in the UK at the time was to be reproduced in subsequent crises. The Manchurian problem and the cont... Lees meer.

The difficult mission of a regime change. Toshio Nishi gives an account of how America converted the Japanese mindset from war to peace following World War II.... Lees meer.

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Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan offers a fresh perspective on gender politics by focusing on the Japanese housewife of the 1950s as a controversial representation of democracy leisure and domesticity. Examining the shifting personae of the housewife especially... Lees meer.

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During the occupation American policymakers identified elections and education as the wellsprings of a democratic consciousness in Japan. But as the extent of Japan s economic recovery became clear they placed prosperity at the core of a revised vision for their new al... Lees meer.

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor Francis an informa company.... Lees meer.

The book examines the relationship between democracy and technocracy with Japan as the case study. Not only does this study look at specific policy initiatives and the regulatory process in multiple areas from telecommunications to pharmaceuticals but it also reviews m... Lees meer.

With expert contributions from both the US and Japan this book examines the legacies of the US Occupation on Japanese politics and society and discusses the long-term impact of the Occupation on contemporary Japan. With expert contributions from both the US and J... Lees meer.

This is the first book in English to examine through material in the popular press the radical changes that took place in Japanese ideas about sex romance and male-female relations in the wake of Japan s defeat and occupation by Allied forces at the end of the Second... Lees meer.