Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System Since 1868

By Brian Woodall

Book Overview

The world's third largest economy and a stable democracy, Japan remains a significant world power; but its economy has become stagnant, and its responses to the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 and the nuclear crisis that followed have raised international concerns. Despite being constitutionally modeled on Great Britain's "Westminster"-style parliamentary democracy, Japan has failed to fully institute a cabinet-style government, and its executive branch is not empowered to successfully

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813145015
• ISBN13: 9780813145013
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher