Isadora Jafee ‘13

“Hereditary Democracy in Japan and its Effect on War Memory​

Isadora Jaffee wrote this paper for a history course, US-Asia Wars in History and Memory. Her paper reflects on hereditary links in Japanese politics, emphasizing continuities but also embedding contemporary support for “hereditary democracy” in memory politics. Isadora makes the case for why such hereditary politics makes sense to today’s Japanese voters. Isadora was nominated by Professor Jason Petrulis.