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Course Overview: Why Study Japanese Politics? (This class will be held online (on-demand).
A class video will be posted on Course Power.) |
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No readings |
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Review class notes |
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2
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| 授業計画/Class |
Prewar Legacies |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Noguchi, Yukio. 1998. “The 1940 System: Japan under the Wartime Economy.” The American Economic Review 88, 2: 404-407.
Pyle, Kenneth. 2006. “Profound Forces in the Making of Modern Japan.” Journal of Japanese Studies 32, 2 (Summer): 393-418. |
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Review class notes |
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3
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| 授業計画/Class |
The Occupation and the Postwar Constitution |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Baerwald, Hans. 2003. “The Occupation of Japan as an Exercise in ‘Regime Change’: Reflections after Fifty Years by a Participant.” JPRI Occasional Paper 29.
Boyd, J. Patrick. 2014. “Reasoning Revision: Is Japan’s Constitution Japanese?” Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 22: 47-68.
Constitution of Japan: http://japan.kantei.go.jp/constitution_and_government_of_japan/constitution_e.html |
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Review class notes |
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4
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| 授業計画/Class |
The 1955 System |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Masumi, Junnosuke. 1988. “The 1955 System in Japan and Its Subsequent Development.” Asian Survey 28, 3 (March): 286-306.
Samuels, Richard. 2001.“Kishi and Corruption: An Anatomy of the 1955 System.” JPRI Working Paper No. 83 (December). |
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Review class notes
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5
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| 授業計画/Class |
The Prime Minister and Cabinet
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Krauss, Ellis and Benjamin Nyblade. 2005. “’Presidentialization’ in Japan? The Prime Minister, Media and Elections in Japan.” British Journal of Political Science 35, 2 (April): 357-368.
Shinoda, Tomohito. 2005. “Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat and Its Emergence as Core Executive.” Asian Survey 45, 5 (September/October): 800-821.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review class notes and study for Quiz #1 |
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6
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| 授業計画/Class |
The National Bureaucracy
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Tsuneki, Atsushi. 2012. “Japanese Bureaucracy.” Japanese Economy 39, 3: 49-68.
Pempel, T.J. 1992. “Bureaucracy in Japan.” PS: Political Science and Politics 25, 1 (March): 19-24.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review class notes |
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7
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| 授業計画/Class |
The Diet |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
House of Representatives Website: “Diet Functions”:
http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_english.nsf/html/statics/guide/dietfun.htm
House of Councillors Website: “A Brief History,” “Organization,” “Relationship to Other Bodies,” “Legislative Procedure,” & “Activities”:
http://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/guide/history/index.htm
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review class notes |
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8
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| 授業計画/Class |
The Judiciary
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Haley, John. 2005. “The Japanese Judiciary: Maintaining Integrity, Autonomy and the Public Trust.” Faculty Working Papers Series Paper No. 05-10-01 (October): 1-30.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review class notes and work on paper assignment |
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9
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| 授業計画/Class |
The Party System and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Krauss, Ellis & Robert Pekkanen. 2010. “The Rise and Fall of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.” The Journal of Asian Studies 69, 1 (February): 5-15.
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review class notes and work on paper assignment
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10
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| 授業計画/Class |
Opposition Parties and One-Party Dominance |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Kushida, Kenji & Phillip Lipscy. 2013. “The Rise and Fall of the Democratic Party of Japan.” In Japan under the DPJ: The Politics of Transition and Governance Kushida Kenji & Phillip Lipscy, eds. Brookings/Shorenstein APARC : 3-42. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review class notes, work on paper assignment, and study for Quiz #2
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11
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The Changing Voter and the Electoral System I: The 2005 Lower House Election
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Readings:
Estevez-Abe, Margarita. 2006. “Japan’s Shift Toward a Westminster System: A Structural Analysis of the 2005 Lower House Election and Its Aftermath.” Asian Survey 46, 4 (July/August): 632-651.
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Review class notes and work on paper assignment
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12
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The Changing Voter and the Electoral System II: The 2007 Upper House Election
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Govella, Kristi and Steven Vogel. 2008. “Japan in 2007: A Divided Government.” Asian Survey 48, 1 (January/February): 97-106.
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Review class notes
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13
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| 授業計画/Class |
Organized Interests
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| 事前学習/Preparation |
Readings:
Miura, Mari. 2008. “Labor Politics in Japan during ‘the Lost Fifteen Years’: From the Politics of Productivity to the Politics of Consumption.” Labor History 49, 2 (May): 161–176.
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Review class notes
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14
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Civil Society and the Media |
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Readings:
Tsujinaka, Yutaka & Robert Pekkanen. 2007. “Civil Society and Interest Groups in Contemporary Japan.” Pacific Affairs 80, 3 (Fall): 419-437.
Taniguchi, Masaki. 2007. “Changing Media, Changing Politics in Japan.” Japanese Journal of Political Science 8, 1 (April): 147-166.
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Review class notes
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15
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| 授業計画/Class |
Review/Final Exam |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
No readings
Prepare for final exam
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| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Prepare for final exam
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