Japan's Pseudo-democracy
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: January 17, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781873410097
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Constitution: government & the state; Cultural studies; Sociology; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Japan; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: The enactment of the 'Constitution of Japan' (Nihon-koku Kempo), promulgated on 3 November 1946 and affective six months later, formed an essential step in the process of democratisation, one of the key projects of the post-war Occupation.
Description: Japan's legal and political system, enshrined in the 1947 Constitution and imposed on the Japanese people without their involvement during the U.S. occupation, is largely alien to its history and culture. Peter Herzog examines the effects of that foreign value system in this detailed and fascinating book, highlighting instances in such areas as the judiciary, human rights, minorities, religion and education, where abuse and exploitation of the law has taken on disturbing proportions at many levels of Japanese public life.