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Social Networks and Japanese Democracy: The Beneficial Impact of Interpersonal Communication in East Asia

Social Networks and Japanese Democracy: The Beneficial Impact of Interpersonal Communication in East Asia

Richey, Sean
Ikeda, Ken'ichi

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan, Book 37

AnthropologyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0415619459
ISBN13: 9780415619455
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 6 2011
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Many who critique democracy as practiced in East Asia suggest that the Confucian political culture of these nations prevents democracy from being the robust participatory type, and limits it to a spectacle designed to create obedience from the public. Certainly some East Asian nations have had elections for decades, but democracy is far more than periodic elections. For democracy to be meaningful, a country needs an active public sphere, political tolerance, egalitarian beliefs, and vigorous political participation. The Asian-values debate focuses on whether the creation of this optimal version of democracy in East Asian nations will be hindered by their shared Confucian cultural heritage and at the center of this debate is whether there is an active political culture in East Asia that allows citizens to freely discuss, debate, and disagree about politics.

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