Japan's Parliament An Introduction

Name: Japan's Parliament An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780521203876

ISBN-10: 0521203872

ISBN-13: 9780521203876

Edition: 1974

Authors: Hans H. Baerwald

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This book was originally published in 1974. At the time of publication, the Japanese Parliament, or Diet, tended to be perceived from one of two widely divergent perspectives. On the one hand, it was made to appear as an institution operating according to parliamentary norms, as epitomised by the British model. On the other hand, it was denigrated as being nothing more than the setting for periodic scenes of violence. This introductory study was intended to provide a less stereotyped assessment of this national legislature. Some ten years went into the process of researching the subject. Extensive periods of residence in Japan allowed the author to observe the Diet in action, to interview…

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List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 1974
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1974
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 167
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Philip Pettit is L. S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University and also Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. His books include The Common Mind, Republicanism, Rules, Reasons and Norms and Made with Words: Hobbbes on Language, Mind and Politics. Among his recent co-authored books are The Economy of Esteem, with Geoffrey Brennan; A Political Philosophy in Public Life, with Jose Marti; and Group Agency, with Christian List. A collection of papers on his work, Common Minds: Themes from the Philosophy of Philip Pettit, appeared in 2007.



Preface and acknowledgments



From Imperial Diet to National Diet



Parties, factions and the Diet



Innai Seido: the parliamentary system



Diet scenes and confrontations



A tentative assessment


An introductory bibliography


Index