Berton / Atherton The Japanese Communist Party

Permanent Opposition, but Moral Compass
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-85782-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 164 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

This book provides an historical overview of the Japanese Communist Party from its foundation to the present. It outlines the development of the party, explores its stance on key issues and discusses how the party has set a high moral tone, avoiding compromising coalitions with other parties, being intolerant of corruption within its own ranks, and frequently and consistently opposing the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The book also considers the internal nature of the party, which continues to have a mass membership, and which in recent years has softened its former somewhat rigid approach. The book emphasizes the importance for Japan of this moral approach as the conscience of the nation, especially as the present Abe government moves Japan to the right, even though the Japanese Communist Party has never gained power and is never likely to.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berton, Peter

Atherton, Sam

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Part One: History and Organization

Chapter 1: Brief history

Chapter 2: The Party

Part Two: Ideology and politics

Chapter 3: Ideological adaptation

Chapter 4: Electoral record

Part Three: International Relations

Chapter 5: Relations with Moscow to 1979

Chapter 6: Relations with Moscow After the Summit of 1979

Chapter 7: Relations with Beijing

Chapter 8: Relations with other Communist parties and diplomatic activity

Part IV: Conclusions

Chapter 9: Conclusions, prognosis, and evaluation

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Berton was a Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California