Japanese political history since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000

Author(s)

• Sims, Richard

Bibliographic Information

Japanese political history since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000

Richard Sims

Hurst, c2001

• : cased
• : pbk

Other Title

Japanese political history since the Meiji Renovation

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-379) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Modern Japanese political history has been eventful, as Japan transformed from a decentralized feudal regime into a nation state which seemed to be following a Western pattern of modernisation until the 1930s. This volume explores the changes in the political process behind these developments.

Table of Contents

• The Meiji renovation
• the consolidation of the Meiji state and the growth of political opposition, 1878-1890
• the constitutional experiment and the beginning of compromise politics, 1890-1905
• political party consolidation, oligarchic reaction and the emergence of new forces, 1905-1918
• party cabinets, radical movements and the collapse of Taisho democracy, 1918-1932
• the pursuit of greater national unity and the war state, 1932-1945
• the postwar reshaping of Japanese politics, 1945-1952
• the "1955 System" and the era of LDP dominance, 1952-1993
• the shake-up of Japanese politics, 1993-2000.

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Details

• NCID: BA51746580
• ISBN:
  • 1850654476
  • 1850654522
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 395 p., [20] p. of plates
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS881.9
  • DC21 : 952.03/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japan -- Politics and government -- 1868-