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. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 8
Since 1945 Japan has been considered a Western ally and has been treated as
a full member of the club of capitalist free - market nations – this despite recent
doubts raised by trade conflicts . Clarifications from the Japanese side do not
help ...
Since 1945 Japan has been considered a Western ally and has been treated as
a full member of the club of capitalist free - market nations – this despite recent
doubts raised by trade conflicts . Clarifications from the Japanese side do not
help ...
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What the crossroads stories appear to reflect more than anything else is myopic
Western preconceptions about the possible forms that institutions and the
organisation of affairs in non - Western nations can take . The march in the
direction that ...
What the crossroads stories appear to reflect more than anything else is myopic
Western preconceptions about the possible forms that institutions and the
organisation of affairs in non - Western nations can take . The march in the
direction that ...
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... which can express profound meanings beyond the semantic capabilities of the
linguistic borrowings from China and the West . ... the delicate nuances and
connotations of Japanese words with their supposedly cruder Western
counterparts .
... which can express profound meanings beyond the semantic capabilities of the
linguistic borrowings from China and the West . ... the delicate nuances and
connotations of Japanese words with their supposedly cruder Western
counterparts .
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Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation A Borzoi book |
| Author | Karel Van Wolferen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A.A. Knopf, 1989 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2010 |
| ISBN | 0394577965, 9780394577968 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General Political Science / International Relations / General |
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