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 Japan's constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, history and activism, and activists' ties to party politics and fellow activists overseas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9781793609069
• ISBN-10: 1793609063
• Artikelnr.: 67742196

Autorenporträt

Helen Hardacre is Reischauer Institute professor of Japanese religions and society at Harvard University. Timothy S. George is professor of history at the University of Rhode Island. Keigo Komamura is vice president and professor of law at Keio University. Franziska Seraphim is associate professor at Boston College.

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