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Rethinking Japan: New Studies in Modern Japan

Autor Arthur Stockwin, Kweku Ampiah
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 feb 2017

The authors argue that with the election of the Abe Government in December 2012, Japanese politics has entered a radically new phase they describe as the 2012 Political System. The system began with the return to power of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), after three years in opposition, but in a much stronger electoral position than previous LDP-based administrations in earlier decades. Moreover, with the decline of previously endemic intra-party factionalism, the LDP has united around an essentially nationalist agenda never absent from the party s ranks, but in the past was generally blocked, or modified, by factions of more liberal persuasion. Opposition weakness following the severe defeat of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration in 2012 has also enabled the Abe Government to establish a political stability largely lacking since the 1990s. The first four chapters deal with Japanese political development since 1945 and factors leading to the emergence of Abe Shinz as Prime Minister in 2012. Chapter 5 examines the Abe Government s flagship economic policy, dubbed Abenomics. The authors then analyse four highly controversial objectives promoted by the Abe Government: revision of the 1947 Peace Constitution; the introduction of a Secrecy Law; historical revision, national identity and issues of war apology; and revised constitutional interpretation permitting collective defence. In the final three chapters they turn to foreign policy, first examining relations with China, Russia and the two Koreas, second Japan and the wider world, including public diplomacy, economic relations and overseas development aid, and finally, the vexed question of how far Japanese policies are as reactive to foreign pressure. In the Conclusion, the authors ask how far right wing trends in Japan exhibit common causality with shifts to the right in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. They argue that although in Japan immigration has been a relatively minor factor, economic stagnation, demographic decline, a sense of regional insecurity in the face of challenges from China and North Korea, and widening gaps in life chances, bear comparison with trends elsewhere. Nevertheless, they maintain that a

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781498537926
ISBN-10: 1498537928
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
Seria New Studies in Modern Japan


Cuprins

Chapter 1: Peace, Democracy and Economic Growth: Political Economy under the Postwar Dispensation Chapter 2: The System Begins to Change: From the 1990s to 2009 Chapter 3: The Opposition in Power: September 2009 to December 2012 Chapter 4: Abe Takes Charge: From December 2012 Chapter 5: Abenomics Chapter 6: Revising and Reinterpreting the 1947 Constitution Chapter 7: The Designated Secrets Law and Freedom of Speech Chapter 8: Historical Revisionism, National Identity, and War Apology Chapter 9: Legislating for Collective Defense by Fiat: The Realist View of Japan as a Normal Country Chapter 10: Japan and Its Neighbors: China, Russia and the Two Koreas Chapter 11: Japan and the Wider World: Public Diplomacy, Economic Relations and Overseas Development Aid Chapter 12: Japan: Reactionary State?

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By Arthur Stockwin and Kweku Ampiah

Descriere

This study provides a broad examination of the current Shinzo Abe government in Japan. It analyzes various controversial domestic and foreign policies and argues that its election in 2012 inaugurated a new political phase characterized by opposition weakness and ruling-party unity around a nationalist agenda.