Japan's Living Politics: Grassroots Action and the Crises of Democracy

by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Book Overview

The first two decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed a rise of populism and decline of public confidence in many of the formal institutions of democracy. This crisis of democracy has stimulated searches for alternative ways of understanding and enacting politics. Against this background, Tessa Morris-Suzuki explores the long history of informal everyday political action in the Japanese context. Despite its seemingly inflexible and monolithic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108748015
• ISBN13: 9781108748018
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"