The Constitution of Japan
Chronology of Events Related to Constitutional Revision in Japan
Introduction
Part I Activism and Constitutional Politics
Chapter One Article 9 Meets Civic Activism
Chapter Two Crisis of Constitutional Democracy and the New Civic Activism in Japan
Chapter Three Popular Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Money
Chapter Four "Constitutional Revision" Inside and Outside the National Diet
Chapter Five Reflections on Part I
Part II Activists for and against Constitutional Revision
Chapter Six New Civic Activism and Constitutional Discussion
Chapter Seven Reviving Constitutional Democracy
Chapter Eight Soka Gakkai's Impact on Constitutional Revision Attempts
Chapter Nine Nippon Kaigi Working for Constitutional Revision

Chapter Ten Reflections on Part II
Part III Understanding Japanese Constitutional Revision in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Chapter Eleven Interactions between Constitutionalism and Authoritarianism in Asian Democracies
Chapter Twelve Peace, Land, and Bread
Chapter Thirteen Constitutional Revision Going Astray
Chapter Fourteen Reflections on Part III
Part IV Human Rights and Environmental Issues Implicated in Constitutional REvision Debates
Chapter Fifteen Wartime Roots of Postwar Pacifism
Chapter Sixteen Do as Democracy Demands
Chapter Seventeen Everything's Going to Be Alright?
Chapter Eighteen Reflections on Part IV
Conclusion
Appendix
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors.