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Author:
Kingston, Jeff, 1957-
Title:
Contemporary Japan : history, politics, and social change since the 1980s / Jeff Kingston.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
ix, 313 p. 23 cm.
Subject:
Japan--History--Heisei period, 1989-
Japan--Social conditions--1989-
Japan--Economic conditions--1989-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I. Introduction -- Transformations after WW II -- The Lost Decade -- Part II. Risk and Consequence -- Defusing the Demographic Time Bomb -- Families at Risk -- Jobs at Risk -- Part III. Politics and Consequences -- Contemporary Politics -- Security and the Peace Constitution -- Immigration -- War Memory and Responsibility -- Part IV. Environment and Disaster -- Environmental Issues -- 3/11 : Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis -- Part V. Institutions at Risk -- The Imperial Family -- Yakuza -- Part V. Postscript -- Prospects -- Glossary.
ISBN:
1118315073 (paper)
9781118315071 (paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)778423624
LCCN:
2012008958
Locations:
URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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