The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. |
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Page 38
... formal sovereignty but was not supposed to rule . The legislature was not designed to have genuine power but , through a mistake in its design , came to live an oppositional life of its own . 14 The cabinet outgrew its role as a kind of ...
... formal sovereignty but was not supposed to rule . The legislature was not designed to have genuine power but , through a mistake in its design , came to live an oppositional life of its own . 14 The cabinet outgrew its role as a kind of ...
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... formal and substantial reality is universal , but the difference of degree between Japan and the West is great enough to constitute a difference in kind . Not only are things in Japan almost never what they seem : a gap between formal ...
... formal and substantial reality is universal , but the difference of degree between Japan and the West is great enough to constitute a difference in kind . Not only are things in Japan almost never what they seem : a gap between formal ...
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... formal and substantial reality in modern Japan was the Meiji constitution . The civil rights listed in this document were meaningless in that other existing laws made their implementation impossible . It was one of the first of the ...
... formal and substantial reality in modern Japan was the Meiji constitution . The civil rights listed in this document were meaningless in that other existing laws made their implementation impossible . It was one of the first of the ...
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