Niggling new democracies in the age of individualization in Japan

Tetsuki Tamura; Yasuko H. Kobayashi

doi:10.3167/dt.2014.010213

Niggling new democracies in the age of individualization in Japan

Tetsuki Tamura, Yasuko H. Kobayashi

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This article attempts to view the idea of a "crisis of democracy" through a lens of individualization of the society. As the consequence of the impact of the individualization on existing liberal democracy, new forms of niggling democracy have been emerging. This article maps varieties of such emerging democracies in contemporary Japanese society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	122-130
Number of pages	9
Journal	Democratic Theory
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3167/dt.2014.010213
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2014

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