368 research outputs found
Voice and Accountability: The Media and the Internet in Democratic Development
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Japanese foreign policy today : a reader / edited by Inoguchi Takashi and Purnendra Jain.
No full textInoguchi Takashi and Purnendra JainIntroduction: Japan and the Three Frameworks of Global Politics--Takashi Inoguchi and Purnendra Jain ;
Foreign Policy Actors :
Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy--Akihiko Tanaka ;
Subnational Governments and NGOs in Foreign Affairs--Purnendra Jain ;
Institution Building and Policy Issues: Japan and International Organizations--Edward Newman ;
Globalization and Regionalization in Japan’s Foreign Policy--Chung-in Moon and Hankyu Park ;
Defense and Disarmament Issues in Japan--Jitsuo Tsuchiyama ;
Changes in Japan's Official Development Assistance--Akiko Fukushima ;
Japan's Role in Peacekeeping Operations and Humanitarian Assistance--Caroline Rose ;
Japan’s Contribution to International Human Rights--Ian Neary ;
Japan’s Global Environmental Policy--Hiroshi Ohta ;
Regional and Bilateral Relations :
Japan and the United States--Tsuneo Akaha ;
Japan and East Asia--Matake Kamiya ;
Japan and Southeast Asia--Lam Peng Er ;
Japan and South Asia--Purnendra Jain ;
Japan and the European Union--Reihnard Drifte ;
The Waiting Game: Japanese-Russian Relations--Chris Braddick ;
Japan and Australia--Rikki Kerste
Political parties and democracy : contemporary Western Europe and Asia
No full textThe role of political parties in a democracy is often under scrutiny. Rhetoric crying for more effective or reflective or representative democracy often lacks data to back up its claims. This book provides readers with a wealth of empirical detail: a refreshing and meticulous examination of political parties in ten democracies in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia. It aims at providing skeptics and supporters of political parties alike with down-to-earth empirical realities. It is a must-read for everyone interested in the future of political parties and democracy in a century of globalization.Introduction : political parties and democracy in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia / Jean Blondel and Takashi Inoguchi. -- Britain / Jean Blondel. -- France / Jean Blondel and J. L. Thiebault. -- Germany / Martin Elff. -- Italy / Jean Blondel and N. Conti. -- The Netherlands / Rudy B. Andeweg. -- Japan / Takashi Inoguchi. -- South Korea / Cheol Hee Park. -- Thailand / Siripan Nogsuan Sawasdee. -- Indonesia / Sunny Tanuwidjaja. -- Philippines / Julio C. Teehankee. -- Conclusion : toward the Elaboration of a General Theory of Parties : the Cases of Western Europe and of East and Southeast Asia / Takashi Inoguchi and Jean Blonde
Democracy, governance, and economic performance : East and Southeast Asia
No full textThe states of East and Southeast Asia constitute a fertile setting for exploring the links between political and economic development -subjects usually considered in isolation. Democratization occurred, or was consolidated, in a number of these states in the early 1990s but irrespective of the level of democratization, economic performance has been a primary source of political legitimacy in all states in the study. Yet the levels of development vary markedly. Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore have progressively turned to technological innovation as the primary engine of development while the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia have focused on incorporation in regional/global production systems. In evaluating democratic development, the study focuses particularly on the condition of parties and party systems. In relation to economic governance, the idea of a developmental state provides a template against which the practices of individual states are evaluated. The political and policy-making institutions within these states must now negotiate responses to the financial crisis of the late 1990s. Ultimate outcomes will be determined on one hand by the capacity of political systems to sustain popular support and, on the other, by the capacity of institutions to rework dysfunctional economic arrangements.Introduction. -- 1. Economic development v. political democracy / Jean Blondel, Takashi Inoguchi, and Ian Marsh. -- Parties, party systems, and economic governance. -- 2. The role of parties and party systems in the democratization process / Jean Blondel. -- 3. Economic governance and economic performance / Ian Marsh. -- 4. Parties, bureaucracies and the search for an equilibrium : between democracy and economic development / Jean Blondel and Takashi Inoguchi. -- Country studies. -- 5. Taiwan / Hsin-Huang, Michael Hsiao and Cheng Hsiao-Shih. -- 6. South Korea / Ahn Chung-si and Jaung Hoon. -- 7. The Philippines / Renato S. Velasco. -- 8. Thailand / Dan king. -- 9. Malaysia / Edmund Terence Gomez and Jomo Kwame Sundaram. -- 10. Indonesia / Andrew Macintyre. -- 11. Singapore / Khong Cho-oon. -- 12. Hong Kong / James T. H. Tang. -- Conclusion. -- 13. Conclusion / Jean Blondel and Ian Marsh
Vectors of transformation of the political culture of Japan under the influence of global instability (The Russian translation of the Chapter from the book of Takashi Inoguchi "Political theory”)
No full textThe article is an extended introduction to the Russian translation of a chapter “Japanese political culture” from a recent monograph by a prominent political thinker Inoguchi Takashi “Seiji riron” (“Political Theory) issued in 2015 by Minerva Publishers. The chapter contains a comprehensive analysis of Japan's political culture, of various factors of its formation (historical and geographical, spiritual, religious, political, socio-cultural), etc. Fundamental doctrines and concepts, as well as the characteristics of political culture that existed in Japan during major periods of history, specific characteristics of the key parameters of the Japanese polity, institutions, and mechanisms of their functioning are also covered by professor Inoguchi. The author of the article commenting on the chapter also analyzes the very notion of "political culture" and its various interpretations by modern political scientists, as well as the set of arguments by the Japanese political philosopher concerning the differences between Western and non-Western political cultures
La obra del Profesor Takashi Inoguchi: pionero en los estudios de calidad de vida y relaciones internacionales en Asia
No full textEste ensayo tiene como objetivo honrar y comentar los principales trabajos del Prof. Takashi Inoguchi centrados en la calidad de vida y las relaciones internacionales de las sociedades asiáticas. Busca comentar y valorar los aportes teóricos, metodológicos y empíricos de su obra científica para acercarse y comprender el mundo asiático. En los siete libros analizados en este ensayo se utiliza el AsiaBarometro, un instrumento metodológico que recopila una enorme cantidad de datos organizados en distintas dimensiones de análisis sobre 32 sociedades asiáticas, en distintos lenguajes. Asimismo, explora nuevos enfoques de las relaciones internacionales basados en la enorme evidencia empírica de la firma de tratados multilaterales y el resultado de lo que el autor llama una política cuasi-legislativa global
International Impacts on Domestic Political Economy: A Case of Japanese General Elections
No full textThe objective of this paper is twofold. First, this paper emphasizes that in a parliamentary system, such as in Japan, election timings become endogenous, in that good economic performances tend to trigger elections. Second, impacts of international factors, such as foreign exchange reserves and elections of the United States, on domestic economic performances will be examined in the context of political business cycles. This paper finds only a limited link between economic performances and international variables, except one that upcoming elections in the United States tend to cause a higher rate of growth in Japan. Evidence suggests that although blatant policies, such as a beggar-thy-neighbor policy, were not adopted, a more subtle international cooperation, in the form of Japanese expansion to pill up the United States economy, have been used.
Japanese political culture
No full textThis publication is the translation from Japanese of a chapter “Japanese political culture” from a recent monograph “Seiju riron” (“Political Theory) by the distinguished political scientist Inoguchi Takashi, issued in 2015 by Minerva Publishers. His long-time research is not limited by traditional approaches to political culture, which include the investigation of mass consciousness and institution analysis. The researcher showed that the consideration of the specifics of such phenomena as trust and domination of collectivist values appeared to be insufficient to provide a comprehensive and adequate picture of the Japanese political culture. Neither excessively stressing individualism or collectivism, nor extremely underlining trust or distrust, Japanese political culture transforms itself according to endogenous and exogenous changes. The present research includes the conceptualization of such fundamental factors as historical narrative, historical memory, socio-political myths, identity, which are no less important than factors such as the political system design and the specific ratio of political forces
Kota dan lingkungan : pendekatan baru masyarakat berwawasan ekologi/ Edit.: Takashi Inoguchi
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