Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System Since 1868

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

Author: Brian Woodall
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 06/17/2014
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780813145013

About the Author

Brian Woodall is associate professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology.

This title is not returnable