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October 3, 2023
Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego: "Silver Democracy: How Japan's Aging Politicians Affect Policy Choices" with Charles T. McClean
From: Takashi Kiyoizumi (JFIT) <tkiyoizumi@ucsd.edu>
Date: 2023/10/03
Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego: "Silver Democracy: How Japan's Aging Politicians Affect Policy Choices" with Charles T. McClean
Wed, Oct. 11, 8:00-9:00 am JST (Tue, Oct. 10, 4:00-5:00 pm Pacific)
Old people are considerably overrepresented in Japan's political institutions, and the research question here is how that affects decision-making and policy choices. What are the consequences of the average age of politicians for the structuring of welfare policies, fiscal policies, infrastructures, or others? Join Charles McClean to discuss why young politicians are so rare in Japan, whether Japanese voters would like to see this corrected, and how the underrepresentation of young politicians significantly affects Japan's democracy.
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Charles T. McClean is the Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University's Council on East Asian Studies. Before coming to Yale, he was the Toyota Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan's Center for Japanese Studies and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University's Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. He earned his Ph.D. at UC San Diego, with a research focus on the politics of age representation and social policy, especially in Japan.
Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at GPS, UC San Diego, and the Director of JFIT. Her research focuses on Japan's changing corporate strategies, including business culture, change management, and business organization. Her 2020 book "The Business Reinvention of Japan" analyzes how Japanese companies are responding to the rise of China and the changing global competition.
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Register here: https://bit.ly/3ZCf22v
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Visit the JZ Gallery for previous recordings:
https://jfit.ucsd.edu/
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