Japanese politics : fixed and floating worlds / Timothy Hoye.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 233 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 013271289X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 952.04 21
LOC classification:
  • DS889 .H66 1998
Partial contents:
1. Japanese Culture / Japanese Politics. Of Shining Princesses, Peach Boys, and Dedicated Warriors. The "Story" of Rampo Edogawa. Culture and Politics: Making Connections. Fixed and Floating Worlds. The Focus of Japanese Politics. Japanese Politics Today: An Overview -- 2. Sages and Citizens: Sources of Authority. Nara and the Ascent of Mt. Hiei: The Buddhist Tradition. The Rule of the Sages: Confucianism in Japan. State Shinto and Kokutai. The Iwakura Mission to the West. Western Sources of Authority. Women of Authority. Constitutionalism and Democracy in Japan Today -- 3. The Structure of Authority: Japanese Government. Popular Sovereignty: The Japanese Diet. The Prime Minister and His Circle: The Cabinet. The Emperor and His Family as Symbols of State. Administrative Agencies / Administrative State? Japanese Courts. Japanese Local Government: Prefectures, Municipalities -- 4. Floating Structures: Parties, Mass Media, Citizen Groups.
Party Politics in Japan: Old and New Frontiers. The Marxist Tradition and Party Structures. LDP Politics: The 55 System. LDP Factions. Other Postwar Parties. Mass Culture/Mass Media. Citizen Action Groups. Interest Groups and Koenkai -- 5. The Scope of Authority: Issues. Compliance, Performance, Confidence: Educating the Japanese Child. Crime, Punishment, and Police in the Japanese State. Economic Development: Meiji, MITI, and the Miracle. Beyond Minamata: Protecting the Environment. Social Welfare in Japan: An Aging Society. New Religions. Science and Technology Funding. A New Capital? -- 6. Subjects, Citizens, Outsiders. Japanese Subjects Under the Meiji Constitution. Electoral Reform: The Gifts of the Politicians. Citizens Today: Attitudes, Lifestyles, Work Patterns. Outsiders in the Japanese State. Women in Japan Today. Foreign Workers -- 7. Kokusai-Ka (Internationalization). Isolation, Modernization, Polarization. Article 9: Before and After.
Japan and International Trade. Japan and the United States. The Trade Issue. Globalization and National Security -- 8. Conclusion: Between Yamato and Ukiyo. The Democratic Ideal in Postmodern Context. Democracy Japanese Style. The Liberal Democratic Party Revisited. Experience and Symbolization: Yamato and Ukiyo. Twenty-first Century Japan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Japanese Culture / Japanese Politics. Of Shining Princesses, Peach Boys, and Dedicated Warriors. The "Story" of Rampo Edogawa. Culture and Politics: Making Connections. Fixed and Floating Worlds. The Focus of Japanese Politics. Japanese Politics Today: An Overview -- 2. Sages and Citizens: Sources of Authority. Nara and the Ascent of Mt. Hiei: The Buddhist Tradition. The Rule of the Sages: Confucianism in Japan. State Shinto and Kokutai. The Iwakura Mission to the West. Western Sources of Authority. Women of Authority. Constitutionalism and Democracy in Japan Today -- 3. The Structure of Authority: Japanese Government. Popular Sovereignty: The Japanese Diet. The Prime Minister and His Circle: The Cabinet. The Emperor and His Family as Symbols of State. Administrative Agencies / Administrative State? Japanese Courts. Japanese Local Government: Prefectures, Municipalities -- 4. Floating Structures: Parties, Mass Media, Citizen Groups.

Party Politics in Japan: Old and New Frontiers. The Marxist Tradition and Party Structures. LDP Politics: The 55 System. LDP Factions. Other Postwar Parties. Mass Culture/Mass Media. Citizen Action Groups. Interest Groups and Koenkai -- 5. The Scope of Authority: Issues. Compliance, Performance, Confidence: Educating the Japanese Child. Crime, Punishment, and Police in the Japanese State. Economic Development: Meiji, MITI, and the Miracle. Beyond Minamata: Protecting the Environment. Social Welfare in Japan: An Aging Society. New Religions. Science and Technology Funding. A New Capital? -- 6. Subjects, Citizens, Outsiders. Japanese Subjects Under the Meiji Constitution. Electoral Reform: The Gifts of the Politicians. Citizens Today: Attitudes, Lifestyles, Work Patterns. Outsiders in the Japanese State. Women in Japan Today. Foreign Workers -- 7. Kokusai-Ka (Internationalization). Isolation, Modernization, Polarization. Article 9: Before and After.

Japan and International Trade. Japan and the United States. The Trade Issue. Globalization and National Security -- 8. Conclusion: Between Yamato and Ukiyo. The Democratic Ideal in Postmodern Context. Democracy Japanese Style. The Liberal Democratic Party Revisited. Experience and Symbolization: Yamato and Ukiyo. Twenty-first Century Japan.

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