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Social Networks and Japanese Democracy - The Beneficial Impact of Interpersonal Communication in East Asia (Paperback)
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Social Networks and Japanese Democracy - The Beneficial Impact of Interpersonal Communication in East Asia (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
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Many who critique democracy as practiced in East Asia suggest that
the Confucian political culture of these nations prevents democracy
from being the robust participatory type, and limits it to a
spectacle designed to create obedience from the public. Certainly
some East Asian nations have had elections for decades, but for
democracy to be meaningful, a country needs an active public
sphere, political tolerance, egalitarian beliefs, and vigorous
political participation. The Asian-values debate focuses on whether
the creation of this optimal version of democracy in East Asian
nations will be hindered by their shared Confucian cultural
heritage and at the centre of this debate is whether there is an
active political culture in East Asia that allows citizens to
freely discuss, debate, and disagree about politics. With Japan as
its focus, this book examines the role of social networks and
political discussion in Japanese political culture and asks whether
discursive participatory democracy is indeed possible in East Asia.
In order to answer this question the authors undertook the largest
academic political survey ever conducted in Japan to give the book
exceptional empirical credence. This data reveals how the Japanese
people interact politically, concluding that through the powerful
influence of social networks on Japanese political behaviour, Japan
has a more globalized and less hierarchical society where Confucian
culture is not dominant and where creation of a vibrant civil
society is possible. This book will be invaluable for students and
scholars of Japanese politics, democracy, civil society, and
globalization.
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