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 139
... Habatsu compete with each other for the prime ministership and for unmediated access to the bureaucracy in order to deliver on pork - barrel promises . No idea or principle concerning how power ought to be exercised enters into it.74 ...
... Habatsu compete with each other for the prime ministership and for unmediated access to the bureaucracy in order to deliver on pork - barrel promises . No idea or principle concerning how power ought to be exercised enters into it.74 ...
Page 140
... habatsu . Local LDP offices , where they exist at all , are meaningless and may even be regarded with hostility in these internecine contests . Alliances between habatsu are needed to produce prime ministers , and successful ones are ...
... habatsu . Local LDP offices , where they exist at all , are meaningless and may even be regarded with hostility in these internecine contests . Alliances between habatsu are needed to produce prime ministers , and successful ones are ...
Page 144
... habatsu have varying reputations among bureaucrats . The members of Abe Shintaro's habatsu , formerly Fukuda's clique , are said to be very demanding , whereas the bureaucrats generally feel comfortable and relaxed with a minister from ...
... habatsu have varying reputations among bureaucrats . The members of Abe Shintaro's habatsu , formerly Fukuda's clique , are said to be very demanding , whereas the bureaucrats generally feel comfortable and relaxed with a minister from ...
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