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Building Democracy in Japan - 9781107014077

Un libro in lingua di Haddad Mary Alice edito da Cambridge Univ Pr, 2012

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"How is democracy made real? How does an undemocratic country create new institutions and transform its polity such that democratic values and practices become integral parts of its political culture? These are some of the most pressing questions of our times, and they are the central inquiry of Building Democracy in Japan. Using the Japanese experience as starting point, this book develops a new approach to the study of democratization that examines state,Äìsociety interactions as a country adjusts its existing political culture to accommodate new democratic values, institutions, and practices. With reference to the country,Äôs history, the book focuses on how democracy is experienced in contemporary Japan, highlighting the important role of generational change in facilitating both gradual adjustments as well as dramatic transformation in Japanese politics"--

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