Christian G Winkler

The Quest for Japan's New Constitution

An Analysis of Visions and Constitutional Reform Proposals 1980-2009

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a comprehensive examination of the many attempts over the last three decades to revise Japan's constitution. As the book shows, these attempts at revision have been relatively conservative, aiming to embed in the constitution visions of a different future for Japan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780415593960
• ISBN-10: 0415593964
• Artikelnr.: 31569027

Autorenporträt

Christian G. Winkler is currently Visiting Researcher in the Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Conservatism: Theory and Reality in Postwar Japan 2. Framing the Issues:
Conservative Criticism of Postwar Japan and the Vision of a New Japan 3. In
Quest for Constitutional Reform: Introducing the Drafts Written between
1980 and 2009 4. Key Issues of Constitutional Reform and Their Meaning to
the Conservative Movement