Dealing with Crisis

The Japanese Experience and Beyond

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Reflecting on the depth of the experience with crises, this innovative book demonstrates what the world can learn from insights into crises from the Japanese perspective. Taking an institutionalist approach with a strong historical precedent, leading scholars in the social sciences and law explore how better to deal with both foreseeable and unforeseen crises.Illustrating their multifaceted and complex nature, the book examines a broad range of crises throughout history, including economic, fiscal and political crises; force majeure events such as pandemics and natural disasters; and military conflicts and acts of war. Chapters consider how various actors anticipate and deal with these crises, looking closely at their different perceptions of crisis and varying degrees of urgency. Analyzing institutional design and response and the impact of psychological factors on disaster preparedness, the book considers how the decision-making capabilities of individuals can be enhanced to improve institutional capacity.Transdisciplinary with an international reach, this topical book will prove invaluable to students and scholars across the social sciences, particularly those interested in Asian politics and environmental policy, disaster preparedness, and institutional design. It also provides guidance for policymakers working in civil code reform.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-06-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781035300655

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Edited by J. Babb and Takashi Iida, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

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‘Extrapolating lessons from the diverse Japanese experience with disasters, this timely book investigates what policymakers, institutions and individual actors can do when a crisis, in all its unforeseen and multi-faceted complexity, strikes. Multidisciplinary in scope, it makes an important, wide-ranging and fascinating contribution to global crisis studies and disaster management research.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:Preface xii1 Dealing with crisis: the Japanese experience and beyond 1J. Babb and Takashi IidaPART I HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT CRISIS2 How can we prepare for something we don’t want to thinkabout? Disaster readiness and negative capability 10Shin Arita3 Bricolage by institutions: towards the recreation of normsand organizations 27Takashi IidaPART II THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKEAND ASSOCIATED CRISES4 Transforming a crisis into a turning point: the response ofbusinesses to the Great East Japan Earthquake 47Naofumi Nakamura5 Electric power crisis and crisis response after the GreatEast Japan Earthquake 67Toshihiro MatsumuraPART III LAW AND INSTITUTIONS IN THERESPONSE TO CRISIS6 Contractual crisis and the doctrine of change ofcircumstances: the results and contexts of the reform ofcontract law in Japan 86Hiroyasu Ishikawa7 State of emergency clauses in constitutional law 107Tomonobu Hayashi8 Missing the point: facts and rhetoric about Japan’s fiscal crisis 130Takeshi Fujitani9 The crisis of war and the relocation of key facilities:a comparative historical study of Japan and China 154Tomoo Marukawa10 Japan–China relations “in crisis,” and sentiment toward China 175Asei ItōIndex