Failed democractization in prewar Japan : breakdown of a hybrid regime / / Harukata Takenaka
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| Autore: |
Takenaka Harukata <1971->
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| Titolo: |
Failed democractization in prewar Japan : breakdown of a hybrid regime / / Harukata Takenaka
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.952/09043 |
| Soggetto topico: | Democracy - Japan - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Japan Politics and government 1912-1945 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Failed 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Failed democractization in prewar Japan |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-9074-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786626803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asi