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MAKOTO HAYAKAWA
Department Department of Law, Faculty of Law Position Professor |
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| Date | 2017/12/04 |
| Presentation Theme | Development of Japanese Political Science in the Era of Digitalization: Historical Background and Institutional Changes |
| Conference | IPSA/AISP 2017 International Conference in Hannover, Germany |
| Promoters | International Political Science Association |
| Conference Type | International |
| Presentation Type | Speech (General) |
| Contribution Type | Individual |
| Venue | Hannover, Germany |
| Details | The growing digitalization of political science in Japand has faced three main restrictions. First, there is the historical context that delayed the introduction of behavioral political science. Second, even after the end of World War II the relation between politics and science was fragile. Third, when behavioral political science finally became influential in the 1980s with the publication of the journal Leviathan, the institutional framework within which Japanese political science had to develop had already been completed. However, it is clear that Japanese political scientists need to deal with digitalization, considering the enactment of the 2013 and 2015 revisions of the Public Officials Election Act and the flourishing public use of digital media such as Twitter and Facebook. Thus, considerable institutional changes are necessary for Japanese political science to fully cope with the digitalization of the field. |
| URL for researchmap | https://hannover2017.ipsa.org/paper-room |