Kingston Contemporary Japan

History, Politics, and Social Change since the 1980s
2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-31505-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World

The second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanesehistory now includes the author's expert assessment of the effectsof the earthquake and tsunami, including the political andenvironmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor meltdown.
* Fully updated to include a detailed assessment of the aftermathof the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami
* Shows how the nuclear crisis at Fukushima was an accidentwaiting to happen
* Includes detailed discussion of Japan's energy policy, now influx after the mishandling of the Fukushima crisis
* Analyzes Japan's 'Lost Decades', why jobs and families are lessstable, environmental policies, immigration, the aging society, theUS alliance, the imperial family, and the 'yakuza' criminalgangs
* Authoritative coverage of Japanese history over the last twodecades, one of the country's most tumultuous periods

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kingston, Jeff

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jeff Kingston is Professor of History and Director ofAsian Studies at the Japan Campus of Temple University. He haswritten widely on modern Japanese history and Japan'srelations with Asia, including the books Japan in Transformation1952-2000 (2001) and Japan's QuietTransformation: Social Change and Civil Society in the 21stCentury (2004). He has also edited Natural Disaster andNuclear Crisis in Japan (2012). With academic interests thatinclude a broader regional purview, he contributes to a variety ofmajor publications and is regularly interviewed by global mediaoutlets.