Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism
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Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism

  1. 369 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism

About this book

Since the adoption of the 1947 Constitution of Japan, the document has become a contested symbol of contrasting visions of Japan. Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume which examines the history of Japan's constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, the history and variety of activism, and activists' ties to party politics and to fellow activists overseas.

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Yes, you can access Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism by Helen Hardacre,Timothy S. George,Keigo Komamura,Franziska Seraphim in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Asian Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. The Constitution of Japan
  4. Chronology of Events Related to Constitutional Revision in Japan
  5. Introduction
  6. Part I ACTIVISM AND CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICS
  7. Chapter One Article 9 Meets Civic Activism
  8. Chapter Two Crisis of Constitutional Democracy and the New Civic Activism in Japan
  9. Chapter Three Popular Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Money
  10. Chapter Four “Constitutional Revision” Inside and Outside the National Diet
  11. Chapter Five Reflections on Part I
  12. Part II ACTIVISTS FOR AND AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION
  13. Chapter Six New Civic Activism and Constitutional Discussion
  14. Chapter Seven Reviving Constitutional Democracy
  15. Chapter Eight Soka Gakkai’s Impact on Constitutional Revision Attempts
  16. Chapter Nine Nippon Kaigi Working for Constitutional Revision
  17. Chapter Ten Reflections on Part II
  18. Part III UNDERSTANDING JAPANESE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
  19. Chapter Eleven Interactions between Constitutionalism and Authoritarianism in Asian Democracies
  20. Chapter Twelve Peace, Land, and Bread
  21. Chapter Thirteen Constitutional Revision Going Astray
  22. Chapter Fourteen Reflections on Part III
  23. Part IV HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IMPLICATED IN CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION DEBATES
  24. Chapter Fifteen Wartime Roots of Postwar Pacifism
  25. Chapter Sixteen Do as Democracy Demands
  26. Chapter Seventeen Everything’s Going to Be Alright?
  27. Chapter Eighteen Reflections on Part IV
  28. Conclusion
  29. Appendix
  30. Index
  31. About the Editors
  32. About the Contributors