Japanese Contemporary Politics

Informationen zum Autor Igarashi Akio is Professor Emeritus at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. He has written extensively on issues involving globalization, comprehensive security, referenda, and, most recently, gender politics. Zusammenfassung This book traces developments in Japanese politics from the end of the Asia Pacific wars to the present day. Written by an experienced Japanese scholar, it looks at Japanese politics from four aspects: high politics, interest-centered politics, life-centered politics, and globalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. The Path of Contemporary Japanese Politics: Four Stages of Development 2. The Dominance of the Bureaucracy System 3. The Effectiveness of Parliamentary Politics 4. Changing Attitudes: Public Opinion and Politics 5. Selecting People of Influence 6. "Local Politics: The Frontier of Japanese Politics" 7. Gender and Japanese Politics: Transformation by Women 8. The Gap Between Politics and Economics 9. Globalization and National Security 10. Japan's Nuclear Power Politics

Product details

• Authors: Igarashi Akio, Igarashi Caprio Akio, Mark E. Caprio, Akio Igarashi, Akio (Rikkyo University Igarashi, Igarashi Akio, Miranda Schreurs
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780815378792
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7879-2
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics; Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General