Conflict Prevention in Japan
Governance, Development and Conflict
ISBN: 978-0-85724-895-4, eISBN: 978-0-85724-896-1
Publication date: 17 August 2011
Abstract
This chapter examines the role of political recycling – the practice of repeated utilization of former high-level politicians in government – in forestalling or, at least, minimizing conflicts among political players. Drawing upon observations from recent political experiences of Japan, the chapter first demonstrates that political recycling in Japan is deeply embedded in the society's cultural practices rather than in the system of liberal democracy, which its leaders espouse. Political recycling in Japan, in fact, exhibits features that are antithetical to liberal democracy. The dynamic relationship between political recycling and conflict prevention in Japan are then analyzed as well as the implications of the analysis for places in Africa where political conflict has been rampant.
Citation
Adem, S. (2011), "Conflict Prevention in Japan", Chatterji, M., Gopal, D. and Singh, S. (Ed.) Governance, Development and Conflict (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 18), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 263-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-8323(2011)0000018014
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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