Trust and Mistrust in Contemporary Japanese Politics

Informationen zum Autor Kerstin Lukner is the managing director of the Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr! a joint research and teaching institution of the universities of Duisburg-Essen and Bochum! Germany. Alexandra Sakaki is a research fellow in the Asia division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin! Germany. Zusammenfassung This book portrays the political trust deficit prevalent in Japan through a unique range of case studies, illustrating how mistrust, rather than trust, impacts politics in Japan today. The chapters originally published as a special issue in Japan Forum. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Japan’s political trust deficit Kerstin Lukner and Alexandra Sakaki 2. Party politics, elections and (mis-)trust in Japan Ellis Krauss, Kuniaki Nemoto, Robert J. Pekkanen and Aiji Tanaka 3. Trust deficit: Japanese communities and the challenge of rebuilding Tohoku Daniel P. Aldrich 4. Food safety and consumer trust in post-Fukushima Japan Cornelia Reiher 5. Multiculturalism and trust in Japan: educational policies and schooling practices Gabriele Vogt 6. The trust deficit in Sino-Japanese relations Caroline Rose and Jan Sykora

Product details

• Authors: Kerstin Sakaki Lukner
• Assisted by: Kerstin Lukner (Editor), Alexandra Sakaki (Editor), Sakaki Alexandra (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2018
• EAN: 9780815367277
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6727-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Japan, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Politics & government, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General