05204namaa2201117uu 4500 oapen87519 oapen 20251217011900.0 a||||fo|||||||||0| cr|mn|---annan 240424s2023a||||fo|||||||||0|eng d 1350413686 OCoLC 9781003246411 9781032159331 9781032159416 10.4324/9781003246411 doi (OCoLC)1350413686 oapen oapen eng dc G thema GT thema GTM thema J thema JP thema JPH thema JPHF thema JPQ thema Ikeda, Ken'ichi edt Contemporary Japanese Politics and Anxiety Over Governance Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2023 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Politics in Asia Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star 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. Open licence https://oapen.org/article/rights eng Communication in politics Japan History 21st century. Political participation Japan History 21st century. Voting Japan History 21st century. Communication politique Japon Histoire 21e siècle. Participation politique Japon Histoire 21e siècle. Vote Japon Histoire 21e siècle. Central / national / federal government thema Communication in politics fast Elections and referenda / suffrage thema Interdisciplinary studies thema Political participation fast POLITICAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General bisacsh Political structure and processes thema Politics and government fast Politics and government thema Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects thema Regional / International studies thema Society and Social Sciences thema Voting fast Abe Administration Abs Asian Values Contestation Factors Country Fixed Effects Model COVID-19 Cultural Values DPJ Administration DPJ Government Elections Feeling Thermometer Freedom House Score Governance Index Harmony Orientation Koizumi Administration LDP Vote Liberal Democratic Factor National Risk Perceptions Party Choice Political Actors Political Attitudes Political Distrust Political Parties Prospective Expectations Representatives Election Selective Cue Self-expression Values Single Member Districts Social Capital Social Capital Factors Vertical Emphasis WVS Data Ikeda, Ken'ichi aut OAPEN Library. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87519 Free-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication 0 37674 37674