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Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism

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 2021

Summary

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.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-0904-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-0905-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
336
Product type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
    3. The Constitution of Japan No access
    4. Chronology of Events Related to Constitutional Revision in Japan No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
    1. Chapter One Article 9 Meets Civic Activism No access
    2. Chapter Two Crisis of Constitutional Democracy and the New Civic Activism in Japan No access
    3. Chapter Three Popular Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Money No access
    4. Chapter Four “Constitutional Revision” Inside and Outside the National Diet No access
    5. Chapter Five Reflections on Part I No access
    1. Chapter Six New Civic Activism and Constitutional Discussion No access
    2. Chapter Seven Reviving Constitutional Democracy No access
    3. Chapter Eight Soka Gakkai’s Impact on Constitutional Revision Attempts No access
    4. Chapter Nine Nippon Kaigi Working for Constitutional Revision No access
    5. Chapter Ten Reflections on Part II No access
    1. Chapter Eleven Interactions between Constitutionalism and Authoritarianism in Asian Democracies No access
    2. Chapter Twelve Peace, Land, and Bread No access
    3. Chapter Thirteen Constitutional Revision Going Astray No access
    4. Chapter Fourteen Reflections on Part III No access
    1. Chapter Fifteen Wartime Roots of Postwar Pacifism No access
    2. Chapter Sixteen Do as Democracy Demands No access
    3. Chapter Seventeen Everything’s Going to Be Alright? No access
    4. Chapter Eighteen Reflections on Part IV No access
    5. Conclusion No access
  2. Appendix No access Pages 315 - 316
  3. Index No access Pages 317 - 330
  4. About the Editors No access Pages 331 - 332
  5. About the Contributors No access Pages 333 - 336

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