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Japan's Multilayered Democracy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New Studies in Modern Japan SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498502238
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Japan's Multilayered DemocracyDDC classification:
  • 320.952
LOC classification:
  • JQ1681.G35 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Prewar Source of Japanese Democracy -- 2 February 11, 1889 -- 3 Is Taishō Demokurashī the Same as Taishō Democracy? -- 4 The Making of Private and Public Space in Meiji Japan -- Part II: Democratic Institutions and State Transformation -- 5 The Postwar Emperor in Democratized Japan -- 6 Japan's Remilitarization Debate and the Projection of Democracy -- 7 Normalization, Democracy, and the Armed Forces -- 8 Japan's Labor Tribunal System -- Part III: Political Culture and Civil Society -- 9 Americanization and Democratization -- 10 Democracy and Liberalism in Postwar Japan -- 11 Televised Democracy? -- 12 Pink Democracy -- Part IV: Conclusion -- 13 Is Democracy under Threat? -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This book unveils the layers of Japan's democracy, and the essays suggest a widening of disciplinary perspectives. The editors employ an assortment of disciplines--history, anthropology, sociology, political science, law, and cultural studies--to explore the complex interrelationships between history, institutions, and sociocultural practices.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Prewar Source of Japanese Democracy -- 2 February 11, 1889 -- 3 Is Taishō Demokurashī the Same as Taishō Democracy? -- 4 The Making of Private and Public Space in Meiji Japan -- Part II: Democratic Institutions and State Transformation -- 5 The Postwar Emperor in Democratized Japan -- 6 Japan's Remilitarization Debate and the Projection of Democracy -- 7 Normalization, Democracy, and the Armed Forces -- 8 Japan's Labor Tribunal System -- Part III: Political Culture and Civil Society -- 9 Americanization and Democratization -- 10 Democracy and Liberalism in Postwar Japan -- 11 Televised Democracy? -- 12 Pink Democracy -- Part IV: Conclusion -- 13 Is Democracy under Threat? -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book unveils the layers of Japan's democracy, and the essays suggest a widening of disciplinary perspectives. The editors employ an assortment of disciplines--history, anthropology, sociology, political science, law, and cultural studies--to explore the complex interrelationships between history, institutions, and sociocultural practices.

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