The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationIn this brilliantly authoritative book, Karel van Wolferen unravels the confusions and misperceptions the West has about Japan and can no longer afford to maintain. |
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Page 195
supposedly exemplary institutions as the police and the public schools. Official
family registers and private information-gathering agencies enable employers
and parents of marriageable youth to eliminate members of minority groups from
...
supposedly exemplary institutions as the police and the public schools. Official
family registers and private information-gathering agencies enable employers
and parents of marriageable youth to eliminate members of minority groups from
...
Page 361
Members of MIT1, the prosecutors' office, Nikkeiren and all the institutions that
guide and control Japan are continually aware of the experiences of their
predecessors and the seriousness of their tasks. Institutional memory and
institutional ...
Members of MIT1, the prosecutors' office, Nikkeiren and all the institutions that
guide and control Japan are continually aware of the experiences of their
predecessors and the seriousness of their tasks. Institutional memory and
institutional ...
Page 385
This was the so-called 'system of financial institutions authorised to finance
munitions companies',2 which was intended to increase the supplies that rhe
military machine was devouring in much greater quantities than earlier planners
had ...
This was the so-called 'system of financial institutions authorised to finance
munitions companies',2 which was intended to increase the supplies that rhe
military machine was devouring in much greater quantities than earlier planners
had ...
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References to this book
Trust: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order Francis Fukuyama No preview available - 1996 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation Vintage Series |
| Author | Karel Van Wolferen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0679728023, 9780679728023 |
| Length | 504 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General History / Asia / Japan Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Political Economy |
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