Japanese and Russian Politics: Polar Opposites or Something in Common?

Book Overview

This volume offers a comparative analysis of Japanese and Russian politics in the 2010s, examining both domestic dimensions and foreign policy. A bi-national collaborative effort, the volume is structured to offer perspectives on each country from both Russian and Japanese scholars. An introduction by Takashi Inoguchi gives a historical overview of the two countries' paths to development as 'late comers' vis-?-vis the West in the late nineteenth century. The analysis that follows reveals that Japan and Russia have come to acquire genuinely striking contrasting features: frequent leadership change despite extraordinary societal stability and continuity in Japan and infrequent leadership change despite extraordinary ups and downs in Russia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349504106
• ISBN13: 9781349504107
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"