Christian G Winkler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4103596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian G Winkler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian G |
| FAMILY NAME | Winkler |
| SIGNATURE | WINKLER C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hokkaido University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tōchi no dezain
Tōchi no dezain (Constitutional Design of Government) is a substantial volume focusing on the perennially contentious and thus popular topic of the Constitution of Japan (COJ) and the seven-decades-old debate about constitutional change. In many ways, this book is a sequel to and extension of 2016’s Kenpō kaisei no hikaku seijigaku by the same duo of editors, Keio University’s Komamura Keigo and Kyoto University’s Machidori Satoshi. The new book’…
Kaiken no ronten (Issues of Constitutional Reform)
Kaiken no ronten is an intellectual rebuttal to the attempts by the Abe administration to revise the Constitution of Japan (COJ), particularly Article 9. The authors are members of Save Constitutional Democracy Japan (Rikken Demokurashī no Kai), a group established in 2014 to protest the Abe Cabinet’s decision to enable the government to use the right to collective self-defence. This book belongs to the same genre as Okudaira (et al. 2013), which…
A Historical Analysis of the LDP’s 2018 Constitutional Amendment Proposals
In 2018 Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party announced four new proposals to amend the seven-decades-old and thus-far unamended constitution of Japan. These include adding a third paragraph to Article 9, as well as state-of-emergency provisions, support for students in need, and changes to the electoral system. By analyzing each proposal’s place in the debate on amendments dating back to the 1950s, I show that these very different proposals share one…
Kenpō to yoron
This book is a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate about a (potential) amendment of the Constitution of Japan (COJ). The author points out that previous research had almost exclusively focused on elite discourse and legal interpretations, while ignoring public opinion (pp. 11–12). Needless to say, public opinion does matter, as a successful amendment of the COJ requires two-third majorities in both houses of the parliament as well as a si…
Party Ideologies and Regional Inequality
Regional inequality within Japan has been a key political issue in Japanese politics throughout the entire postwar period. In this analysis, we examine how Japanese parties have positioned themselves on the question of regional inequality, focusing on how the party system response has been shaped by ideas and ideologies. The article analyses two 15-year periods separated by a quarter of a century (1960–75 and 2000–15) during which regional inequa…
Right On? The LDP’s Drift to the Right and the Persistence of Particularism
Since Prime Minister Abe’s return to power in 2012, there has been an ongoing discussion about whether and if so to what extent the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had drifted to the ‘right’. This article argues that it is important to distinguish between conservative and neoliberal policy appeals, as those two ideologies often clash with each other, despite being united under the casual ‘right’ banner. Using a newly coded, comprehensive database …
Making We the People
Making We the People feels like a blast from the past. Mainstream political science these days focuses a significant amount of its manpower and resources on analyzing very specific aspects of institutions within or across nations utilizing ever more complex models and sophisticated statistical analysis. Meanwhile, Hahm and Kim’s book does not rely on regressions or rational choice theory; it is a more traditional enterprise in both substance and …
Those were the days
Watanabe Tsuneo, Japan's Backroom Politics: Factions in a Multiparty Age, (translated and with commentary by Robert D. Eldridge), Lexington Books, Plymouth, 2013, x + 281 pp.Being the chairman of J
What’s Unique about the Japanese Constitution
Japan has the oldest unamended constitution in the world. We examine the determinants of its longevity and recent proposals seeking its amendment. While traditional revision attempts have focused on ideological provisions such as Article 9 and the imperial system, changes to political institutions, particularly bicameralism and local governance, have become a focal point since 2005. Our comparative analysis demonstrates that the constitution’s en…
The Quest for Japan's New Constitution
This book examines the many attempts over the last three decades to revise Japan’s constitution. As the book shows, these attempts at revision have been relatively conservative, aiming to embed in the constitution visions of a different future for Japan. Specific reforms advocated include: enabling Japan to have a more proactive foreign policy, more independent of the US-Japan alliance; strengthening the role of the Emperor, and excluding female …
The evolution of the conservative mainstream in Japan
The Liberal Democratic Party's conservative mainstream beginning with Yoshida Shigeru evidently was one of the most important political forces in the history of postwar Japan. But does it really deserve the label ‘conservative’, given that it is known above all for its pragmatic economic policy and cooperation with the US? This article traces the development of the mainstream's conservatism and finds that as times changed, so did the mainstream's…
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The Quest for Japan's New Constitution
This book examines the many attempts over the last three decades to revise Japan’s constitution. As the book shows, these attempts at revision have been relatively conservative, aiming to embed in the constitution visions of a different future for Japan. Specific reforms advocated include: enabling Japan to have a more proactive foreign policy, more independent of the US-Japan alliance; strengthening the role of the Emperor, and excluding female …
The evolution of the conservative mainstream in Japan
The Liberal Democratic Party's conservative mainstream beginning with Yoshida Shigeru evidently was one of the most important political forces in the history of postwar Japan. But does it really deserve the label ‘conservative’, given that it is known above all for its pragmatic economic policy and cooperation with the US? This article traces the development of the mainstream's conservatism and finds that as times changed, so did the mainstream's…
Those were the days
Watanabe Tsuneo, Japan's Backroom Politics: Factions in a Multiparty Age, (translated and with commentary by Robert D. Eldridge), Lexington Books, Plymouth, 2013, x + 281 pp.Being the chairman of J
What’s Unique about the Japanese Constitution
Japan has the oldest unamended constitution in the world. We examine the determinants of its longevity and recent proposals seeking its amendment. While traditional revision attempts have focused on ideological provisions such as Article 9 and the imperial system, changes to political institutions, particularly bicameralism and local governance, have become a focal point since 2005. Our comparative analysis demonstrates that the constitution’s en…
Right On? The LDP’s Drift to the Right and the Persistence of Particularism
Since Prime Minister Abe’s return to power in 2012, there has been an ongoing discussion about whether and if so to what extent the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had drifted to the ‘right’. This article argues that it is important to distinguish between conservative and neoliberal policy appeals, as those two ideologies often clash with each other, despite being united under the casual ‘right’ banner. Using a newly coded, comprehensive database …
Making We the People
Making We the People feels like a blast from the past. Mainstream political science these days focuses a significant amount of its manpower and resources on analyzing very specific aspects of institutions within or across nations utilizing ever more complex models and sophisticated statistical analysis. Meanwhile, Hahm and Kim’s book does not rely on regressions or rational choice theory; it is a more traditional enterprise in both substance and …
Kenpō to yoron
This book is a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate about a (potential) amendment of the Constitution of Japan (COJ). The author points out that previous research had almost exclusively focused on elite discourse and legal interpretations, while ignoring public opinion (pp. 11–12). Needless to say, public opinion does matter, as a successful amendment of the COJ requires two-third majorities in both houses of the parliament as well as a si…
Party Ideologies and Regional Inequality
Regional inequality within Japan has been a key political issue in Japanese politics throughout the entire postwar period. In this analysis, we examine how Japanese parties have positioned themselves on the question of regional inequality, focusing on how the party system response has been shaped by ideas and ideologies. The article analyses two 15-year periods separated by a quarter of a century (1960–75 and 2000–15) during which regional inequa…
Kaiken no ronten (Issues of Constitutional Reform)
Kaiken no ronten is an intellectual rebuttal to the attempts by the Abe administration to revise the Constitution of Japan (COJ), particularly Article 9. The authors are members of Save Constitutional Democracy Japan (Rikken Demokurashī no Kai), a group established in 2014 to protest the Abe Cabinet’s decision to enable the government to use the right to collective self-defence. This book belongs to the same genre as Okudaira (et al. 2013), which…
A Historical Analysis of the LDP’s 2018 Constitutional Amendment Proposals
In 2018 Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party announced four new proposals to amend the seven-decades-old and thus-far unamended constitution of Japan. These include adding a third paragraph to Article 9, as well as state-of-emergency provisions, support for students in need, and changes to the electoral system. By analyzing each proposal’s place in the debate on amendments dating back to the 1950s, I show that these very different proposals share one…
Tōchi no dezain
Tōchi no dezain (Constitutional Design of Government) is a substantial volume focusing on the perennially contentious and thus popular topic of the Constitution of Japan (COJ) and the seven-decades-old debate about constitutional change. In many ways, this book is a sequel to and extension of 2016’s Kenpō kaisei no hikaku seijigaku by the same duo of editors, Keio University’s Komamura Keigo and Kyoto University’s Machidori Satoshi. The new book’…
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Constitution (7 works) · Democracy (7 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ideology (4 works)