This will serve as make-up for the missed class last Tuesday due to the suspension of classes. Cultural cosplay presentation resumes next week. Make-up class can still be scheduled if the class requests one.
YOUR COMMENTS HERE WILL BE JUST LIKE A RECIT.
Institutions (Japan)
YOUR COMMENTS HERE WILL BE JUST LIKE A RECIT.
Institutions (Japan)
Institutions are structures. In political science, these structures create
a certain form of order upon society and can become manifest in certain
forms. In an abstract fashion, laws are
institutions, they guide and can even compel citizens to perform certain acts,
or prohibit the doing of other actions, and laws can even create institutions
and force institutions to act. The
constitution is a good example. In
Japan, the Emperor is compelled to seek guidance from the cabinet before doing
any action on matters of state (1946 Constitution of Japan, Chapter I, Article
3). Japan’s constitution also prohibits
its government from developing its land, sea, and air forces as capable for war
(Chapter 3, Article 9). It also guides the
framing of statutes regarding qualifications of members of the two houses of
the Diet (Chapter IV, Article 44), and how the Prime Minister is selected from
among members of the Diet (Chapter V, Article 67).
In a more concrete level, the Government
itself along with the agencies that compose it are institutions performing
specific roles for the state. Nakabayashi
(2009) mapped out the evolution of political institutions that affected the
development of Japanese economy. The
Shogunate is an institution in the form of an agency. The Nakama
and central government under the
Emperor is also an agency. In the
article of Nakabayashi, there are also institutions in the forms of practices
such as Jito Shiki and kabu.
For our discussion, your task is
to place comments explaining unique Japanese institutions (that’s why I made them
vague above). Since you can do this at
home, the task is not about recall of knowledge but about your skill in
paraphrasing and discussing the concept of that institution along with your
supplemented research info on the topic.
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For your Paper Instructions
As you can observe on UNIT 2 of
the Syllabus
The output is a State Profile
Here are important things to remember as a guide.
Here are important things to remember as a guide.
This paper will be a 4 page
paper.
The first 3 pages is textual content
(intro, discussion, and conclusion).
The 4th page is ½ simulacrum
and ½ reference list.
Content should be a neo-institutional
profile of an Asian Country.
1st Heading of
discussion should be about describing a chosen institution in the country.
2nd Heading of discussion
should be about your neo-institutional analysis (recall lessons in APPROACHES,
that is one of the elements that make this an advanced course).
A simulacrum is a visual
representation or a diagramatization of how the institution works (recall
lessons in Pol 201).
Read the syllabus for submission
details.