This module is the advanced AEAS-module on Japanese politics. In continues and builds upon the corresponding AEAS-module of the summer term by looking at major aspects of Japanese politics and going into details of a selected number of crucial institutions of the Japanese political system.
Students will be required to prepare a written assignment and give an oral presentation on their topic during the summer term. We will discuss the respective research questions and structures as part of the module. Deadline for handing in the written assignment will be March 15th.
Students who did not participate in the summer module are encouraged to prepare this module by reading the following two titles:
Schoppa, Leonard J. (2011): The evolution of Japan's party system: politics and politics in an era of institutional change. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Pekkanen, Robert J., Steven R. Reed, Ethan Scheiner and Daniel M. Smith (eds) (2018) Japan Decides 2017. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. |
