Japan has increasingly emphasized democracy assistance since the mid-2000s such that it now constitutes a major part of Japan s foreign policy. This approach is an ostensible departure from the country s traditional foreign policy stance which tries to avoid bringing... 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.
Rocked by scandals and accusations that crucial decisions are made by non-elected officials Japan has been called a democracy in name only. Is it.... 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.
Eto analyses the various factors which have led to women s low presence in the Japanese legislature. She evaluates ways in which it might be possible for Japan to catch up and in doing so examines the ways in which Japanese society continues to perpetuate gender-rigid e... Lees meer.
The first two decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a rise of populism and decline of public confidence in many of the formal institutions of democracy. This crisis of democracy has stimulated searches for alternative ways of understanding and enacting poli... Lees meer.
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.
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.
Despite its democratic structure Japan s government has been dominated by a single party the Liberal Democratic Party LDP since 1955. This book offers an explanation for why even in the face of great dissatisfaction with the LDP no opposition party has been able t... 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.
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.
Rocked by scandals and accusations that crucial decisions are made by non-elected officials Japan has been called a democracy in name only. Is it. Rocked by scandals and accusations that crucial decisions are made by non-elected officials Japan has been called a d... Lees meer.