Growing Democracy in Japan [electronic resource] : The Parliamentary Cabinet System since 1868 /
Woodall, Brian.
The world's third largest economy and a stable democracy, Japan remains a significant world power; but its economy has become stagnant, and its responses to the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 and the nuclear crisis that followed have raised international concerns. Despite being constitutionally modeled on Great Britain's ""Westminster""-style parliamentary democracy, Japan has failed to fully institute a cabinet-style government, and its executive branch is not empowered to successfully respond to the myriad challenges confronted by an advanced postindustrial society.In Gro
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and Japanese Terms; Note on Conventions; Introduction; 1. The Anti-Westminsterian Roots of Japan's Parliamentary Cabinet System, 1868-1946; 2.Comprador Cabinets and Democracy by the Sword, 1946-1955; 3. Corporatist Cabinets and the Emergence of the ""1955 System,"" 1955-1972; 4. Confederate Cabinets and the Demise of the ""1955 System,"" 1972-1993; 5. Disjoined Cabinets--Act I; 6. Disjoined Cabinets--Act II; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; Selected References; Index
The world's third largest economy and a stable democracy, Japan remains a significant world power; but its economy has become stagnant, and its responses to the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 and the nuclear crisis that followed have raised international concerns. Despite being constitutionally modeled on Great Britain's ""Westminster""-style parliamentary democracy, Japan has failed to fully institute a cabinet-style government, and its executive branch is not empowered to successfully respond to the myriad challenges confronted by an advanced postindustrial society.In Gro
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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