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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792621603321

Autore

Stockwin J. A. A (James Arthur Ainscow)

Titolo

Rethinking Japan : the politics of contested nationalism / / Arthur Stockwin and Kweku Ampiah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-3793-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 pages)

Collana

New studies in modern Japan

Disciplina

952.05/12

Soggetti

Nationalism - Japan

Japan Politics and government 21st century

Japan Foreign relations 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Peace, democracy and economic growth : political economy under the postwar dispensation -- The system begins to change : from the 1990s to 2009 -- The opposition in power : September 2009 to December 2012 -- Abe takes charge : from December 2012 -- Abenomics -- Revising and reinterpreting the 1947 constitution -- The designated secrets law and freedom of speech -- Historical revisionism, national identity, and war apology -- Legislating for collective defense by fiat : the realist view of Japan as a normal country -- Japan and its neighbors : China, Russia and the two Koreas -- Japan and the wider world : public diplomacy, economic relations and overseas development aid -- Japan : reactionary state?.