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Pages: 271
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This book offers a grassroots perspective and holistic understanding of Japan's democratization process and what it means for the nation today.
Democracy Without Competition in Japan
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Ethan Scheiner
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explains why no opposition party has been able to offer itself as a sustained challenger in Japan.
Japanese Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 325
Authors: Bradley M. Richardson
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher:

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Richardson refutes the widely accepted hypothesis that postwar Japan has been a semiauthoritarian and consensual state, arguing that Japanese political life has
Dynasties and Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 501
Authors: Daniel M. Smith
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-03 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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Although democracy is, in principle, the antithesis of dynastic rule, families with multiple members in elective office continue to be common around the world.
A Tragedy of Democracy
Language: en
Pages: 409
Authors: Greg Robinson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official