When Democracy Breaks: 1930s Japan with Louise Young

There's a fog of democratic breakdown where really you cannot see the actual impact of your choices or your actions until after the fact.
Louise Young
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Louise Young is a professor of history at the University of Wisonsin-Madison. She is the author of the chapter “The Breakdown of Democracy in 1930s Japan.” It is part of the volume When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, From Ancient Athens to the Present Day.
Key Highlights
• Introduction - 0:20
• Democratization - 2:52
• What Made it Different - 11:41
• Democratic Breakdown - 20:14
• Resisting Democratic Erosion - 37:15
Key Links
When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, From Ancient Athens to the Present Day (global.oup.com/academic/product/when-democracy…;) edited by Archon Fung, David Moss, and Odd Arne Westad
"The Breakdown in Democracy in 1930s Japan (tobinproject.org/sites/default/files/assets/WD…)" by Louise Young
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (ash.harvard.edu)
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