Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hardacre, Helen; Seraphim, Franziska; Komamura, Keigo; George, Timothy S.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793609052
• Artikelnr.: 61952234

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 Per