|  | Kingston, Jeff
Contemporary Japan
History, Politics, and Social Change since the 1980s
Blackwell History of the Contemporary World
 2. Auflage Juli 2012
25,90 Euro
2012. 324 Seiten, Softcover
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ISBN 978-1-118-31507-1 - John Wiley & Sons
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This newly-updated edition of Contemporary Japan has been expanded to include considered analysis of the cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami of March 2011 and their aftermath. Kingston sets the nation's current challenges in the context of events since the 1980s, when rampant speculation created an economic bubble that, when it burst, plunged the country into prolonged stagnation as housing and share prices imploded and public debt surged. This volume remains a superb guide to recent events in Japan, written by one of the foremost authorities on the history and politics of the region.
Aus dem Inhalt
Map vii
Series Editor's Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
Part I Introduction 1
1 Transformations After World War II 3
2 The Lost Decade 23
Part II Risk and Consequences 39
3 Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb 41
4 Families at Risk 60
5 Jobs at Risk 77
Part III Politics and Consequences 93
6 Contemporary Politics 95
7 Security and the Peace Constitution 115
8 Immigration 136
9 War Memory and Responsibility 154
Part IV Environment and Disaster 175
10 Environmental Issues 177
11 3/11: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis 198
Part V Institutions at Risk 221
12 The Imperial Family 223
13 Yakuza 241
Part VI Postscript 261
14 Prospects 263
Glossary 270
Notes 278
Further Reading 293
Index 302
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