Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 336 pages)
ISBN:
9781793609052
Content:
Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume that examines the history of Japan's constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, history and activism, and activists' ties to party politics and fellow activists overseas.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The Constitution of Japan -- Chronology of Events Related to Constitutional Revision in Japan -- Introduction -- Part I ACTIVISM AND CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICS -- Chapter One Article 9 Meets Civic Activism -- Chapter Two Crisis of Constitutional Democracy and the New Civic Activism in Japan -- Chapter Three Popular Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Money -- Chapter Four "Constitutional Revision" Inside and Outside the National Diet -- Chapter Five Reflections on Part I -- Part II ACTIVISTS FOR AND AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION -- Chapter Six New Civic Activism and Constitutional Discussion -- Chapter Seven Reviving Constitutional Democracy -- Chapter Eight Soka Gakkai's Impact on Constitutional Revision Attempts -- Chapter Nine Nippon Kaigi Working for Constitutional Revision -- Chapter Ten Reflections on Part II -- Part III UNDERSTANDING JAPANESE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- Chapter Eleven Interactions between Constitutionalism and Authoritarianism in Asian Democracies -- Chapter Twelve Peace, Land, and Bread -- Chapter Thirteen Constitutional Revision Going Astray -- Chapter Fourteen Reflections on Part III -- Part IV HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IMPLICATED IN CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION DEBATES -- Chapter Fifteen Wartime Roots of Postwar Pacifism -- Chapter Sixteen Do as Democracy Demands -- Chapter Seventeen Everything's Going to Be Alright? -- Chapter Eighteen Reflections on Part IV -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781793609045
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Japanese constitutional revisionism and civic activism Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021 ISBN 9781793609045
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781793609069
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Japan
;
Verfassungsrecht
;
Politische Beteiligung
;
Verfassungsreform
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Hardacre, Helen 1949-
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