Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism

Herausgeber: George, Timothy S.; Komamura, Keigo; Hardacre, Helen

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Produktbeschreibung

Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume that examines the history of Japanâ s constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, history and activism, and activistsâ ties to party politics and fellow activists overseas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 692g
• ISBN-13: 9781793609045
• ISBN-10: 1793609047
• Artikelnr.: 60889780

Autorenporträt

Edited by Helen Hardacre; Timothy S. George; Keigo Komamura and Franziska Seraphim - Contributions by Weitseng Chen; Erik Esselstrom; Timothy S. George; Helen Hardacre; Saburo Horikawa; Sung Ho Kim; Keigo Komamura; Rintaro Kuramochi; Levi McLaughlin; Mari

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Activism and Constitutional Politics
Chapter 1: Article 9 Meets Civic Activism: Reflection on the Sunagawa Case
Chapter 2: Crisis of Constitutional Democracy and the New Civic Activism in
Japan: From SEALDs to Civil Alliance
Chapter 3: Popular Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Money: The Political
Process in 1960 and 2014 Surrounding National Security
Chapter 4: Regarding Constitutional Revision Within and Without the
National Diet
Chapter 5: Reflections on Part I
Part II: Activists for and Against Constitutional Revision, edited by Helen
Hardacre
Chapter 6: New Civic Activism and Constitutional Discussion: Streets,
Shrines and Cyberspace
Chapter 7: Reviving Constitutional Democracy: Gender Parity and Women's
Engagement with Politics
Chapter 8: Soka Gakkai's Impact on Constitutional Revision Attempts
Chapter 9: Nippon Kaigi Working for Constitutional Revision
Chapter 10: Reflections on Part II
Part III: Understanding Japanese Constitutional Revision in Historical and
Comparative Perspectives, edited by Franziska Seraphim
Chapter 11: Interactions between Constitutionalism and Authoritarianism in
Asian Democracies: A Japan-Taiwan Comparison
Chapter 12: Peace, Land, and Bread: Constitutional Revolution in Postwar
Japan and South Korea
Chapter 13: Constitutional Revision Going Astray: Article Nine and Security
Policy
Chapter 14: Reflections on Part III
Part IV: Human Rights and Environmental Issues Implicated in Constitutional
Revision Debates, edited by Timothy George
Chapter 15: Wartime Roots of Postwar Pacifism: Japanese Anti-War Activism
in Occupied China
Chapter 16: The Irony of an Historic Preservation Movement and Its
Relevance for Popular Sovereignty in Postwar Japan
Chapter 17: Everything's Going to be Alright? An Analysis of Rights in
Constitutional Amendment Proposals
Chapter 18: Reflections on Part IV