Vergangene Veranstaltungen

Workshop: Governance in Japan am 13.06.2023

IBZ München e.V. Amalienstr. 38, München

Organizers: Celeste Arrington and Gabriele Vogt Date: June 13, 2023 Location: Internationales Begegnungszentrum (IBZ) München Amalienstr. 38, 80799 München This workshop explores the diversity of tools of governance in Japan today. Historically, scholars noted how Japanese approaches to public policy and social control tended to rely on non-binding and cooperative “soft law” measures, such as administrative guidance (gyōsei shidō),...

Vortrag: „The Demand for Legalism: Changing Governance and Social Policy in Japan“ (Celeste Arrington)

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Japanese approaches to governance historically favored informal, bureaucratic, and legally non-binding “soft law” measures. Yet Japan has enacted more legalistic social policies in the past two decades, and the role of law and courts in policy processes has grown. What accounts for this shift in governance toward more formalized rules and enforcement mechanisms? Most explanations...