The Oxford handbook of Japanese politics /

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Group Author: Pekkanen, Robert. (Editor); Pekkanen, Saadia M. (Editor)
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Oxford handbooks
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Carrier Form: xvi, 984 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780190050993
0190050993
Index Number: JQ1631
CLC: D831.32-62
D731.32-62
Call Number: D731.32-62/O984
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.