03461nam 2200625 450 991046449190332120200520144314.00-8047-9074-410.1515/9780804790741(CKB)3710000000199216(EBL)1742619(SSID)ssj0001290693(PQKBManifestationID)11765768(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001290693(PQKBWorkID)11245611(PQKB)11206732(StDuBDS)EDZ0000986033(MiAaPQ)EBC1742619(DE-B1597)563932(DE-B1597)9780804790741(Au-PeEL)EBL1742619(CaPaEBR)ebr10895704(OCoLC)923709129(OCoLC)1178768979(EXLCZ)99371000000019921620140731h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrFailed democractization in prewar Japan breakdown of a hybrid regime /Harukata TakenakaStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (256 p.)The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research CenterDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-6341-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Figures and Tables --Acknowledgments --Introduction --Chapter 1. Analytical Foundations --Chapter 2. Defining the Regimes of Prewar Japan --Chapter 3. Political Institutions under the Meiji Constitution --Chapter 4. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1918–1926 --Chapter 5. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1926–1929 --Chapter 6. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1929–1932 --Conclusion --Notes --Selected Bibliography --IndexFailed Democratization in Prewar Japan presents a compelling case study on change in political regimes through its exploration of Japan's transition to democracy. Within a broad-ranging examination of Japan's "semi-democratic" political system from 1918 to 1932, when political parties tended to dominate the government, the book analyzes in detail why this system collapsed in 1932 and discusses the implications of the failure. By reference to comparable cases—prewar Argentina, prewar Germany, postwar Brazil, and 1980's Thailand—Harukata Takenaka reveals that the factors responsible for the breakdown of the Taisho democracy in Japan replicated those that precipitated the collapse of democracy in Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere in Asia. While most literature on these transitions focuses on successful cases, Takenaka explores democratic failure to answer questions about how and why political parties and their leaders can behave in ways that undermine the democratic institutions that serve as the basis for their formal authority.Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein AsiDemocracyJapanHistory20th centuryJapanPolitics and government1912-1945Electronic books.DemocracyHistory320.952/09043Takenaka Harukata1971-1046258MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464491903321Failed democractization in prewar Japan2473042UNINA