Decoding Boundaries in Contemporary Japan (eBook, ePUB)

The Koizumi Administration and Beyond
Redaktion: Hook, Glenn

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The purpose of this book is to illuminate the changing nature of contemporary Japan by decoding a range of political, economic and social boundaries, with a focus on the period following the inauguration of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro's administration (2001-6). A rapid turnover of prime ministers followed Koizumi-Abe Shinzo (2006--7), Fukuda Yasuo (2007--8) and Aso Taro (2008-)-but the transformation set in motion through his promotion of a more proactive role for Japan internationally, and the implementation of 'structural reforms' domestically, set the direction for future administrations.

The central argument of the book is that, in order to achieve the twin goals of greater international proactivity and domestic reform, the government and other actors supporting the new direction for Japan pushed forward by the Koizumi administration needed to take action in order to destabilize and reformulate a range of extant boundaries. This task was achieved by deploying material as well as normative resources, including the production of new discourses about the way these resources should be deployed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136840982
• Artikelnr.: 42977637

Autorenporträt

Glenn Hook

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why Boundaries? 1. Diplomacy on the Boundaries 2. The Strange
Masochism of the Japanese Right 3. Japan's Responses to Actors outside the
Boundaries of International Society 4. Navigating the Boundaries of the
Interstate Society 5. Stronger Political Leadership and the Shift in
Policy-making Boundaries in Japan 6. Leadership Strategies 7. The Problem
of Boundaries for Japan's Local Authorities 8. Adjusting the Boundaries
between Keidanren and Labour Unions in Japan 9. Boundaries in Japan's
Business and Government Relationship 10. Shifting Boundaries in Japan's
Criminal Justice System 11. The Rapid Redrawing of Boundaries in Japanese
Higher Education