Format:
XI, 284 S.
ISBN:
9780813145013
Series Statement:
Asia in the new millennium
Content:
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. (…)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813145037
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Japan
;
Parlament
;
Regierung
;
Geschichte 1868-2013
;
Japan
;
Demokratie
;
Parlamentarismus
;
Geschichte 1868-2014
;
Parlament
;
Regierung
;
Demokratie
