Governing Japan: Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy, 4th EditionISBN: 978-1-4051-5415-4
Hardcover
320 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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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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