Abe Restoration (eBook)

Contemporary Japanese Politics and Reformation

Craig Mark (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
240 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-1677-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book analyzes contemporary Japanese politics, charting the return of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s domestic political dominance and his economic and foreign policy agenda. It is an up-to-date account and critique of the progress, obstacles, and far-reaching consequences of one of the most important periods in recent Japanese history.

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Shinzo Abe returned to office as Prime Minister of Japan 2012, leading the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for a second time. This book examines how Abe has sought a restoration of Japanese primacy at three levels: political, through the restoration of the traditional postwar parliamentary dominance of the LDP; economic, through his signature policy known as "e;Abenomics,"e; which aims to restore Japan's economic prosperity and end decades-long deflationary stagnation; and strategic, in which Abe wishes to restore Japan to a prominent role in regional and international security by reinterpreting and potentially altering or even abolishing Article 9 of the constitution, which would allow greater deployment of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. This study argues that Abe has achieved overall political dominance, being re-elected in 2014, and has passed controversial legislation allowing Japan to exercise collective self-defense, but it also contends that Abenomics has yet to lift the country out of its long-running deflationary stagnation.

Autor

Craig Mark is assistant professor at Tokyo Denki University.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Origins of the Abe RestorationChapter 2: Abe’s Political RestorationChapter 3: AbenomicsChapter 4: Restoration of Strategic PolicyChapter 5: Continuing The Abe Restoration: After the 2014 ElectionChapter 6: The “War Bills” DebateChapter 7: The Abe Restoration to 2016Conclusion: The Legacy of the Abe Restoration

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.5.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 3 Illustrations including: - 3 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Diplomacy • Japanese economics • Japanese foreign policy • Japanese politics • Japanese Studies • Shinzo Abe
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-1677-7 / 1498516777
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-1677-8 / 9781498516778