Japanese Politics

Many who critique democracy as practiced in East Asia suggest that the Confucian political culture of these nations prevents democracy from being the robust participatory type, and limits it to a spectacle designed to create obedience from the public. Certainly some East Asian nations have had elect..

Many who critique democracy as practiced in East Asia suggest that the Confucian political culture of these nations prevents democracy from being the robust participatory type, and limits it to a spectacle designed to create obedience from the public. Certainly some East Asian nations have had elect..

Yoshiro Miwa asks whether a state can correct market failures and in particular critically analyses the performance of the Japanese economy as a result of state intervention within it...

Yoshiro Miwa asks whether a state can correct market failures and in particular critically analyses the performance of the Japanese economy as a result of state intervention within it...

This volume uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of racism and comparison of international education assessments to examine the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans towards Japan during the trade war...

The book highlights the main factors behind this rise of the ‘prime ministerial executive’ in Japan, explaining how it operates under the Abe administration and is contributing to Abe’s unprecedented policymaking authority. Providing an analysis of Japanese power politics, it will be useful to stude..

Casting new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation, this book focuses on Matsumoto Jiichiro, arguably the most important Buraku leader of the twentieth century, locating his experience within the broader developments in Japan's social, political and economic hist..

This book examines the impact the 1993 general election had on Japanese politics...

Winner of the prestigious Yoshida Shigeru Prize when it published in its original Japanese, this book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Japan’s international relations from the end of the Pacific War to the present day. Written by leading Japanese authorities, it makes extensive us..

This book provides an historical overview of the Japanese Communist Party from its foundation to the present. It outlines the development of the party, explores its stance on key issues and discusses how the party has set a high moral tone, being intolerant of corruption within its own ranks, and co..

This book presents an analysis of how political parties operated in Japan over the first four decades following the Second World War. It extends quite widely to discussion of the political system, the social and economic environment in which parties operated, internal party matters, especially facti..

This book presents an analysis of how political parties operated in Japan over the first four decades following the Second World War. It extends quite widely to discussion of the political system, the social and economic environment in which parties operated, internal party matters, especially facti..