Böcker av Gavan McCormack

Gavan McCormack's latest work argues that Abe Shinzo's efforts to re-engineer the Japanese state may fail, but his radicalism continues to shake the country and have consequences not easy to predict. Its significance will be recognized by those researching contemporary world politics, international relations and the history of modern Japan.

This work aims to show that Japan even at it's height of success, while the "successful version of capitalism" was "blighted at it's core, being unsustainable". This revised edition features n introduction which gives an analysis of Japan's contemporary crisis.

Against the powerful image of Japan as a rising economic superpower, or even, in Ezra Vogel's influential formulation a deade ago, "Japan as number 1", this book explores the fragility, hubris and human and environmental costs of Japan's desperate drive for hyperdevelopment.

Japan's Contested Constitution is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Japanese domestic politics and the international role of Japan.

Offers an examination of Japan's postwar transformation into the "Great Britain of the Far East". Exploring postwar Japan's relationship with America, this title contends that US pressure has been steadily applied to bring Japan in line with neoliberal principles.