Growing Democracy in Japan : The Parliamentary Cabinet System since 1868 /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woodall, Brian (Writer on Japanese politics)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government
Legislative bodies.
Democracy.
Cabinet system.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Cabinet > Japon.
Democracy > Japan.
Legislative bodies > Japan > History.
Cabinet system > Japan.
Japan.
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 1868-
Japan > Politics and government > 1868-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 Democ.
Physical Description:1 online resource (300 pages): map
ISBN:9780813145020

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