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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464142503321

Titolo

Japan's multilayered democracy / / edited by: Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Nissim Otmazgin and Alon Levkowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0224-5

1-4985-0223-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

New studies of modern Japan

Disciplina

320.952

Soggetti

Democracy - Japan - History

Political participation - Japan - History

Political culture - Japan - History

Electronic books.

Japan Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I: Prewar Source of Japanese Democracy; 2 February 11, 1889; 3 Is Taishō Demokurashī the Same as Taishō Democracy?; 4 The Making of Private and Public Space in Meiji Japan; Part II: Democratic Institutions and State Transformation; 5 The Postwar Emperor in Democratized Japan; 6 Japan's Remilitarization Debate and the Projection of Democracy; 7 Normalization, Democracy, and the Armed Forces; 8 Japan's Labor Tribunal System; Part III: Political Culture and Civil Society; 9 Americanization and Democratization; 10 Democracy and Liberalism in Postwar Japan

11 Televised Democracy?12 Pink Democracy; Part IV: Conclusion; 13 Is Democracy under Threat?; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>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 interrelationships between history, institutions, and sociocultural practices.</span></span><br /><span><span>



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