Contemporary Japan
Subtitle: history, politics, and social change since the 1980s
By: Jeff Kingston
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781118315071
Subjects: Social conditions; Economic conditions; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Introduction; title: Transformations after WW II; title: The Lost Decade; title: Part II. Risk and Consequence; title: Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb; title: Families at Risk; title: Jobs at Risk; title: Part III. Politics and Consequences; title: Contemporary Politics; title: Security and the Peace Constitution; title: Immigration; title: War Memory and Responsibility; title: Part IV. Environment and Disaster; title: Environmental Issues; title: 3/11 : Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis; title: Part V. Institutions at Risk; title: The Imperial Family; title: Yakuza; title: Part V. Postscript; title: Prospects; title: Glossary.