LEADER 03427nam 2200613 450 001 9910811251503321 005 20230803203715.0 010 $a0-8047-9074-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804790741 035 $a(CKB)3710000000199216 035 $a(EBL)1742619 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001290693 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11765768 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001290693 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11245611 035 $a(PQKB)11206732 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000986033 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1742619 035 $a(DE-B1597)563932 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804790741 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1742619 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10895704 035 $a(OCoLC)923709129 035 $a(OCoLC)1178768979 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000199216 100 $a20140731h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFailed democractization in prewar Japan $ebreakdown of a hybrid regime /$fHarukata Takenaka 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 0 $aThe Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-6341-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tFigures and Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Analytical Foundations --$tChapter 2. Defining the Regimes of Prewar Japan --$tChapter 3. Political Institutions under the Meiji Constitution --$tChapter 4. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1918?1926 --$tChapter 5. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1926?1929 --$tChapter 6. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1929?1932 --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aFailed Democratization in Prewar Japan presents a compelling case study on change in political regimes through its exploration of Japan's transition to democracy. Within a broad-ranging examination of Japan's "semi-democratic" political system from 1918 to 1932, when political parties tended to dominate the government, the book analyzes in detail why this system collapsed in 1932 and discusses the implications of the failure. By reference to comparable cases?prewar Argentina, prewar Germany, postwar Brazil, and 1980's Thailand?Harukata Takenaka reveals that the factors responsible for the breakdown of the Taisho democracy in Japan replicated those that precipitated the collapse of democracy in Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere in Asia. While most literature on these transitions focuses on successful cases, Takenaka explores democratic failure to answer questions about how and why political parties and their leaders can behave in ways that undermine the democratic institutions that serve as the basis for their formal authority. 410 0$aStudies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asi 606 $aDemocracy$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1912-1945 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory 676 $a320.952/09043 700 $aTakenaka$b Harukata$f1971-$01605452 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811251503321 996 $aFailed democractization in prewar Japan$93930708 997 $aUNINA