Japan Decides 2021

Author : Robert J. Pekkanen,Steven R. Reed,Daniel M. Smith
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031113246

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Japan Decides 2021 by Robert J. Pekkanen,Steven R. Reed,Daniel M. Smith Pdf

Recent elections in Japan have been dramatic, and the 2021 general election was no exception. Worldwide turmoil caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as domestic uncertainty following the resignation of long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, left many voters and political observers wondering whether his successors were up to the task of leading the country through the crisis. In the end, the LDP and coalition partner Kōmeitō eked out an electoral victory—but one that masks important changes in the party system and nuanced changes in voter behavior and preferences. This fourth volume in the Japan Decides series features a comprehensive collection of analyses from leading experts, covering the legacy of Abe’s tenure in office, the state of the LDP and other parties, the impact of COVID-19 and the postponed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and many other important topics in contemporary party politics and domestic and foreign policy.

Author : R. Pekkanen,S. Reed,E. Scheiner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137346124

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Japan Decides 2012 by R. Pekkanen,S. Reed,E. Scheiner Pdf

The 2012 election in Japan ejected the governing DPJ and returned the LDP overwhelmingly to power while brand new parties pulled in millions of voters. This book explains what happened, why it happened and what it means. International experts analyze the election results, parties strategies, gender issues, policy implications and more.

Author : Robert J. Pekkanen,Ethan Scheiner,Steven R. Reed
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137552006

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Japan Decides 2014 by Robert J. Pekkanen,Ethan Scheiner,Steven R. Reed Pdf

Collecting original and high-quality analysis by top scholars from Japan, the United States, Australia, and Europe, this volume analyzes the results of the 2014 election, examining each of the major political parties, central policy issues, campaign practices, and considers how the results were used as a mandate for massive policy reform.

Author : Saadia M. Pekkanen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 905 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197582671

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The Oxford Handbook of Space Security by Saadia M. Pekkanen Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Space Security focuses on the interaction between space technology and international and national security processes. Saadia M. Pekkanen and P.J. Blount have gathered a group of key scholars who bring a range of analytical and theoretical perspectives to take an analytically-eclectic approach to assessing space security from an international relations (IR) theory perspective. Bringing together scholarship from a group of leading experts, this volume explains how these contemporary changes will affect future security in, from, and through space.

Author : Robert J. Pekkanen,Steven R. Reed,Ethan Scheiner,Daniel M. Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319764757

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Japan Decides 2017 by Robert J. Pekkanen,Steven R. Reed,Ethan Scheiner,Daniel M. Smith Pdf

This third volume in the Japan Decides series remains the premier venue for scholarly research on Japanese elections. Putting a spotlight on the 2017 general election, the contributors discuss the election results, party politics, coalition politics with Komeito, the cabinet, constitutional revision, new opposition parties, and Abenomics. Additionally, the volume looks at campaigning, public opinion, media, gender issues and representation, North Korea and security issues, inequality, immigration and cabinet scandals. With a topical focus and timely coverage of the latest dramatic changes in Japanese politics, the volume will appeal to researchers and policy experts alike, and will also make a welcome addition to courses on Japanese politics, comparative politics and electoral politics.

Author : The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000474497

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Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021 by The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Pdf

The Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021 provides insight into key regional strategic, geopolitical, economic, military and security topics. Among the topics explored are: US−China decoupling and its regional security implications; Japan’s security policy and China; India’s emerging grand strategy; Southeast Asia amid rising great-power rivalry; Australia’s new regional security posture; NATO’s evolving approach to China; The United Kingdom’s ‘tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific; and Emerging technologies and future conflict in the Asia-Pacific. Authors include leading regional analysts and academics Kanti Bajpai, Gordon Flake, Franz-Stefan Gady, Prashanth Parameswaran, Alessio Patalano, Samir Puri, Sarah Raine, Tan See Seng, Drew Thompson, Ashley Townshend, Joanne Wallis and Robert Ward.

Author : Takeo Hoshi,Phillip Y. Lipscy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108843959

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The Political Economy of the Abe Government and Abenomics Reforms by Takeo Hoshi,Phillip Y. Lipscy Pdf

Explores the politics and economics of the Abe government and evaluates major policies, such as Abenomics policy reforms.

Author : Mireya Solis
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815739982

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Japan’s Quiet Leadership by Mireya Solis Pdf

Why has Japan emerged from the “lost decades” unscathed from the populist wave and a far more consequential actor in the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific? In answering this question, Japan’s Quiet Leadership provides a sweeping look at Japan’s domestic economic and political evolution, its economic statecraft, and the array of geopolitical challenges that have triggered a gradual but substantial shift in the country’s security profile. This deep dive into Japan’s trajectory over the last three decades underscores Japan’s hidden strengths in its democratic resilience, social stability, and proactive diplomacy; while reckoning with the profound challenges the nation faces: depopulation, rising inequality, voter disengagement, and threats to Asia’s long peace. The book traces the profound currents of change coursing through the Japanese polity and its external environment; and the myriad ways in which Japan’s experience has become more relevant to countries coping with slow growth, adverse demographics, adjustment to economic globalization, and the emergence of a powerful and assertive China. This is a story of Japan’s reinvention as a network power to overcome the harsh realities of diminishing relative capabilities. In reshaping the Indo-Pacific, Tokyo deployed a robust economic strategy of trade integration and infrastructure finance; and a proactive security diplomacy cultivating new partnerships with regional and extra-regional actors and deepening the alliance with the United States. Nevertheless, acute geopolitical rifts, Japan’s pandemic insularity, and the securitization of international economic relations are testing Japan’s statecraft of connectivity. The tasks at home are no less pressing: delivering on the green, digital, and human capital transformations, avoiding the return of the politics of indecision at the helm of the nation, and fostering democratic dynamism. This book illuminates where the Japanese polity, economy, and people are heading as we move past the Abe era, and well into the 2020s and beyond.

Author : Tom Ginsburg,Benjamin Schonthal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781009286060

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Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law by Tom Ginsburg,Benjamin Schonthal Pdf

Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law offers the first comprehensive account of the entanglements of Buddhism and constitutional law in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of experts, the volume offers a complex portrait of “the Buddhist-constitutional complex,” demonstrating the intricate and powerful ways in which Buddhist and constitutional ideas merged, interacted and co-evolved. The authors also highlight the important ways in which Buddhist actors have (re)conceived Western liberal ideals such as constitutionalism, rule of law, and secularism. Available Open Access on Cambridge Core, this trans-disciplinary volume is written to be accessible to a non-specialist audience.

Author : Lara Momesso
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819728671

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Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia by Lara Momesso Pdf

Author : Noriko Murai,Jeff Kingston,Tina Burrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000521818

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Japan in the Heisei Era (1989–2019) by Noriko Murai,Jeff Kingston,Tina Burrett Pdf

Japan in the Heisei Era (1989–2019) provides a retrospective and multidisciplinary account of a society in flux. Featuring analyses from leading scholars around the globe, this textbook examines the evolving contexts of Japan throughout the Heisei era and how longstanding verities and values have been called into question. Asking what this holds for Japan’s future relations with the world and within its own communities, chapters delve beneath the layers of a complex and increasingly diverse society, exploring topics including simmering ethnonationalism, economic torpor, political stagnation, and cultural dynamics. Features of this textbook include: • Analysis of key social issues ranging from immigration, civil society, press freedom, politics, labour and the economy, to diversity, the marginalisation of women, Shinto, and Aum Shinrikyo • Evaluation of the legacy of Emperor Akihito on war memory, the imperial institution, art, regional relations, and constitutional revision • Multidisciplinary insights from both the social sciences and humanities • Rich illustrations for visual analysis of developments in contemporary Japanese literature, film, art, and pop culture Providing students with dynamic analyses of how contemporary Japanese society continues to transform, this textbook is essential reading for students of Japanese Studies, including Japanese culture, society, history, and politics.

Author : International House of Japan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003827108

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Critical Review of the Abe Administration by International House of Japan Pdf

The second Abe administration, which lasted for seven years and eight months, turned out to be the longest administration in Japan’s constitutional history. What factors contributed to its remarkable longevity? What accomplishments and enduring legacies did this administration achieve during its tenure? Originally published in Bungeishunju in Japanese, this book examines policies pursued by the administration and its governance based on over 50 investigative interviews with key figures in the administration, including former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The contributors cover nine major policies, including economic policy, diplomacy and security, work style reform, trade liberalization, and historical issues, and explore why a specific policy was chosen at that time, who made that decision, and on what grounds. Reviewing such decision-making processes sheds light on the issue of governance. Consequently, this book also analyses the administration’s distinctive style of governance, such as strong leadership from the Prime Minister’s Office, ability to navigate party politics, and overwhelming victories in national elections. An essential for scholars and students in the fields of public administration, public policy, Japanese studies, and Asian Studies.

Author : Azby Brown
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781611729573

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Just Enough by Azby Brown Pdf

How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today. If we want to live sustainably, how should we feel about nature? About waste? About our forests and rivers? About food? Just Enough is a book of stories and sketches that give valuable insight into what it is like to live in a sustainable society by describing life in Japan some two hundred years ago, during the late Edo period, when cities and villages faced many of the same environmental challenges we do today and met them beautifully and inventively.

Author : Robert J. Pekkanen,Saadia Pekkanen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1001 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190050993

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The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics by Robert J. Pekkanen,Saadia Pekkanen Pdf

"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"--

Author : Simona A. Grano,David Wei Feng Huang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031153891

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China-US Competition by Simona A. Grano,David Wei Feng Huang Pdf

This open access edited book brings together a closer examination of European and Asian responses to the escalating rivalry between the US and China. As the new Cold War has surfaced as a perceivable reality in the post-COVID era, the topic itself is of great importance to policymakers, academic researchers, and the interested public. Furthermore, this manuscript makes a valuable contribution to an under-studied and increasingly important phenomenon in international relations: the impact of the growing strategic competition between the United States and China on third parties, such as small and middle powers in the two arguably most affected regions of the world: Europe and East Asia. The European side has been under-studied and explicitly comparative work on Europe and East Asia is extremely rare. Given that the manuscript focuses heavily on recent developments—and because many of these developments have been quite dramatic—there are very few publications that cover the same topics.