Critical issues in contemporary Japan /
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London ; New York :
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2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Political environment
- Japanese politics: mainstream or exotic? / Arthur Stockwin
- The politics of trade policy aurelia / George Mulgan
- Limiting fundamental rights protection in Japan: the role of the Supreme Court / Lawrence Repeta
- Civil society: past, present, and future / Akihiro Ogawa
- Japan's contemporary media / David McNeill
- Part II. Nuclear and renewable energy
- Revisiting the limits of flexible and adaptive institutions: the Japanese government's role in nuclear power plant siting over the post-war period / Daniel P. Aldrich
- Who controls whom?: constraints, challenges and rival policy images in Japan's post-war energy restructuring / Paul Scalise
- Japan's nuclear village: power and resilience / Jeff Kingston
- Japan's renewable power prospects / Andrew DeWit
- Part III. International dynamics
- Bad war or good war?: history and politics in postwar Japan / Sven Saaler
- Territorial disputes with Korea and China: small islets, enduring conflicts / Mark Selden
- An inconvenient truce: domestic politics and the Russo-Japanese northern territories dispute / Tina Burrett
- Okinawa today: spotlight on Henoko / Alexis Dudden
- Part IV. Social dilemmas
- Demographic dilemmas, women and immigration / Jeff Kingston
- Reproductive rights in Japan: where do women stand? / Tin Tin Htun
- Hiding in plain sight: minority issues in Japan / Kyle Cleveland
- Mental health and therapy in Japan: conceptions, practices, and challenges / Sachiko Horiguchi
- Violence in schools: tensions between "The individual" and "The group" in the Japanese education system / Robert Aspinall
- Hidden behind Tokyo: observations on the rest of Japan / John Mock
- Part V. Reforming Japan?
- Seeking to change Japanese society through legal reform / Matthew J. Wilson
- Parochialism: Japan's failure to internationalize / Robert Dujarric and Ayumi Takenaka
- What's behind what ails Japan / David Leheny.