The Oxford handbook of Japanese politics / edited by Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen.

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English
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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xvi, 984 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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    "Book Abstract and Keywords: The study of Japanese politics has flourished over the past several decades. This Handbook provides a state-of-the-field overview for students and researchers of Japanese. The volume also serves to introduce Japanese politics to readers less familiar with Japan. In addition, the volume has a theme of "evaluating Japan's democracy." Taken as a whole, the volume provides a positive evaluation of the state of Japan's democracy. The volume is divided into two parts, roughly corresponding to domestic Japanese politics and Japan's international politics. Within the domestic politics part, there are four distinct sections: "Domestic Political Actors and Institutions," covering the Japanese Constitution, electoral systems, prime minister, Diet, bureaucracy, judiciary, and local government; "Political Parties and Coalitions," covering the Liberal Democratic Party, coalition government, Kōmeitō, and the political opposition; "Policymaking and the Public," covering the policymaking process, public opinion, civil society, and populism; and, "Political Economy and Social Policy," covering industrial, energy, social welfare, agricultural, monetary, and immigration policies, as well as social inequality. In the international relations part, there are four sections: "International Relations Frameworks," covering grand strategy, international organizations, and international status; "International Political Economy," covering trade, finance, foreign direct investment, the environment, economic regionalism, and the linkage between security and economics; "International Security," covering remilitarization, global and regional security multilateralism, nuclear nonproliferation, naval power, space security, and cybersecurity; and, "Foreign Relations" covering Japan's relations with the United States, China, South Korea, ASEAN, India, the European Union, and Russia. Keywords: international relations, comparative politics, democracy, international order, alliances, space security, elections, Liberal Democratic Party, multilateralism, remilitarization, international organizations, populism, civil society, coalitions, political parties, trade, finance monetary policy, foreign direct investment, cybersecurity"-- Provided by publisher.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Japanese Politics: An Introduction / Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen. Part I: Domestic Political Actors and Institutions
    • 2. The Japanese Constitution / Kenneth Mori McElwain
    • 3. Japanese Electoral Systems since 1947 / Steven R. Reed
    • 4. The Role of the Prime Minister in Japan / Aurelia George Mulgan
    • 5. The Japanese Diet: Parliamentary Groups and Lawmaking / Mikitaka Masuyama
    • 6. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Bureaucracy / Steven K. Vogel
    • 7. The Japanese Judiciary / J. Mark Ramseyer
    • 8. Local Government in Japan / Ken Victor Leonard Hijino.
    • Part II: Political Parties and Coalitions
    • 9. Japan's Liberal Democratic Party: Changes in Party Organization under Shinzo Abe / Kuniaki Nemoto
    • 10. The Era of Coalition Government in Japan: The Institutional Logic of Surplus Majorities and Strange Bedfellows / Michael F. Thies
    • 11. Komeito: The Party and Its Place in Japanese Politics
    • Axel Klein and Levi McLaughlin
    • 12. The Political Opposition in Japan / Ethan Scheiner and Michael F. Thies.
    • Part III: Policymaking and the Public
    • 13. The Policymaking Process in Japan / Tomohito Shinoda
    • 14. The Effect of Changing Political Contexts on Public Opinion in Japan, 1945-2020 / Yukio Maeda
    • 15. Gender and Politics in Japan / Gill Steel and Sherry Martin
    • 16. Civil Society in Japan / Akihiro Ogawa
    • 17. Populism in Japan / Robert A. Fahey, Airo Hino, and Robert J. Pekkanen.
    • Part IV: Political Economy and Social Policy
    • 18. METI's Miraculous Comeback and the Uncertain Future of Japanese Industrial Policy / Gregory W. Noble
    • 19. Energy Policy in Japan: Revisiting Radical Incrementalism / Llewelyn Hughes
    • 20. Social Welfare Policy in Japan / Margarita Estévez-Abe
    • 21. The Farm Lobby and Agricultural Policy in Japan / Patricia L. MacLachlan and Kay Shimizu
    • 22. The Bank of Japan: Central Bank Independence and the Politicization of Monetary Policy / Gene Park
    • 23. Social Inequality in Japan / David Chiavacci
    • 24. Immigration and Democracy in Japan / Michael Strausz.
    • Part V: International Relations Frameworks
    • 25. Japan's Grand Strategy for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific / Narushige Michishita
    • 26. Japan and International Organizations / Phillip Y. Lipscy and Nobuhiko Tamaki
    • 27. International Status and Japan / David Leheny.
    • Part VI: International Political Economy
    • 28. Japanese Trade Policy / Christina L. Davis
    • 29. Finance and Japan / Saori N. Katada and Yoichi Nemoto
    • 30. Foreign Direct Investment in Japan: Growth, Trends, and Policy Efforts / Mark Manger
    • 31. Japan and the Environment / Kim Reimann
    • 32. Japan and Economic Regionalism in Asia / Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
    • 33. Linkages between Security and Economics in Japan / Keisuke Iida.
    • Part VII: International Security
    • 34. Remilitarization in Japan / Christopher W. Hughes
    • 35. Global and Regional Security Multilateralism in Japan's Foreign Policy / Paul Midford
    • 36. Japan and Nuclear Nonproliferation / Mike Mochizuki
    • 37. Japanese Naval Power / Alessio Patalano
    • 38. Neoclassical Realism in Japan's Space Security / Saadia M. Pekkanen
    • 39. Cybersecurity in Japan / Benjamin Bartlett.
    • Part VIII: Foreign Relations
    • 40. Japan-US Relations: The Most Important Bilateral Relationship in the World / Ellis S. Krauss
    • 41. Japan-China Relations: Politics of Great Powers and Great Power Politics / Ming Wan
    • 42. The Japan-South Korea Rift: "Inside" and "Outside" Pressures on Relations / Alexandra Sakaki
    • 43. The Evolution of Japan-ASEAN Relations: Core Moves for Japan's Initiatives in Asian Regionalism beyond Southeast Asia / Takashi Terada
    • 44. Japan-India Relations: From Weak Links to Stronger Ties / Purnendra Jain
    • 45. Japan-EU Relations / Marie Söderberg
    • 46. Japan-Russia Relations / Alexander Bukh.
    Other title(s)
    • Handbood of Japanese politics
    • Japanese politics
    ISBN
    • 9780190050993 (hardcover)
    • 0190050993 (hardcover)
    LCCN
    2021017666
    OCLC
    1259508917
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