The State of the Japanese State - Contested Identity, Direction and Role (Hardcover, New edition)

In this his latest work, Gavan McCormack argues that Abe Shinzo's efforts to re-engineer the Japanese state may fail, but his radicalism continues to shake the country and will have consequences not easy now to predict. The significance of this book will be widely recognized, particularly by those researching contemporary world politics, international relations and the history of modern Japan. McCormack here revisits and reassesses his previous formulations of Japan as construction state (doken kokka), client state (zokkoku), constitutional pacifist state, and colonial state (especially in its relationship to Okinawa). He adds a further chapter on what he calls the 'rampant state', that outlines the increasingly authoritarian or ikkyo (one strong) turn of the Abe government in the fifth year of its second term. And he critically addresses the Abe agenda for constitutional revision.

General

Imprint:	Renaissance Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific
Release date:	June 2018
Authors:	Gavan McCormack
Dimensions:	224 x 146 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-898823-71-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	1-898823-71-5
Barcode:	9781898823711

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