Contemporary Japanese Politics and Anxiety Over Governance

Ken'ichi Ikeda

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Regional studies; Elections & referenda; Central government; Human rights; Political campaigning & advertising

Series: Politics in Asia

"This book is an integrated examination of Japanese politics in the first two decades of the 21st century, as viewed from the perspective of ""anxiety over governance.""

By empirically highlighting the social-environmental, political environmental, and sociocultural changes that have underlined the long-term political participation and voting behavior of Japanese citizens, the book provides deep insight into how modern democracies function and are perceived in post-industrial societies and reveals the specific processes by which Japanese politics have changed. Additionally, the book provides an analysis of the decline in social capital, the shrinking variety of political parties, and the intermingling of Asian values with liberal democratic values. By examining anxiety over governance, the chapters explore the links between anxiety and Japanese political behavior, revealing that, despite the high regard for democratic politics, Japanese citizens generally experienced a high level of anxiety and negative evaluation of the government, including countermeasures against COVID-19.

Featuring surveys of Japanese political behavior over a period of more than 40 years, this book will be valuable reading for students and scholars of Japanese Politics, Political Behavior, and Psychology.

The introduction, chapter 4 and chapter 5 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license."

By: Ken'ichi Ikeda
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032159416
ISBN 10: 1032159413
Series: Politics in Asia
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Ken-ichi Ikeda is Professor at the Department of Media, Journalism and Communications at Doshisha University, Japan.

Reviews for Contemporary Japanese Politics and Anxiety Over Governance

'This book provides scholars of Japanese politics with a new political psychological angle, namely anxiety over governance, based on a wealth of survey data, to investigate Japanese political behavior especially in the post-pandemic era. Anyone with serious interests in the dynamics of Japanese political behavior in comparative perspective must read this book.' Chong-Min Park, Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, South Korea