Growing democracy in Japan the parliamentary cabinet system since 1868

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 consti...

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1. Verfasser: Woodall, Brian (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Lexington, Ky. Univ. Press of Kentucky 2014
Schriftenreihe:Asia in the new millennium
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Zusammenfassung: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 Growing Democracy in Japan, Brian Woodall compares the Japanese cabinet system to its counterparts in other capitalist parliamentary democracies, particularly in Great Britain. (…)
Beschreibung:XI, 284 S.
ISBN:9780813145013
978-0-8131-4501-3