Contemporary Japanese Politics and Anxiety Over Governance

This book is an integrated examination of Japanese politics in the first two decades of the 21st century, as viewed from the perspective of "anxiety over governance."

Ken-ichi Ikeda is Professor at the Department of Media, Journalism and Communications at Doshisha University, Japan.

1. Social capital, political actors, and vote choice: A focus on the change of government in 2009 2. A theory of latitude of acceptable party choice and a theory of meaningful choices 3. Social capital and cultural values: The possibility of peculiarity in Japanese cultural values 4. Japanese risk perceptions and anxiety over governance: The international context of Japanese political anxiety 5. The COVID-19 pandemic in the context of anxiety over governance 6. Uncertain political reality and loss of sense of future: Is it possible to reduce anxiety over governance?