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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30 Controlling the workers Japan ' s post - war economic system as we know it
would not have been possible if a labour movement antagonistic to the purposes
of the industrial conglomerates had been allowed to organise the workers .
30 Controlling the workers Japan ' s post - war economic system as we know it
would not have been possible if a labour movement antagonistic to the purposes
of the industrial conglomerates had been allowed to organise the workers .
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Crushing the mushrooms The Sangyo Hokokukai reorganisation of labour was to
a large extent inspired by the example of Nazi Germany and Mussolini ' s Italy . In
fact , the movement ' s most direct inspiration was a proposal adopted by the ...
Crushing the mushrooms The Sangyo Hokokukai reorganisation of labour was to
a large extent inspired by the example of Nazi Germany and Mussolini ' s Italy . In
fact , the movement ' s most direct inspiration was a proposal adopted by the ...
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Thus the early post - war communist - guided labour movement , which had been
encouraged by the US occupation , was deliberately crushed in the 1950s with
US consent . Some companies brought in gangsters to break up strikes .
Thus the early post - war communist - guided labour movement , which had been
encouraged by the US occupation , was deliberately crushed in the 1950s with
US consent . Some companies brought in gangsters to break up strikes .
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Trust: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order Francis Fukuyama No preview available - 1996 |
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| 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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