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 109
... administrators ; there is no room among them for the aspiring statesman . It is not , strictly speaking , a hereditary class . It is fairly open , though less so today than during the first decade after the Second World War . Sons of ...
... administrators ; there is no room among them for the aspiring statesman . It is not , strictly speaking , a hereditary class . It is fairly open , though less so today than during the first decade after the Second World War . Sons of ...
Page 113
... administrators are better protected than others . The bureaucrats are without doubt the most shielded category of all . Article 15 of the constitution , which gives the people the right to choose and dismiss civil servants , could not ...
... administrators are better protected than others . The bureaucrats are without doubt the most shielded category of all . Article 15 of the constitution , which gives the people the right to choose and dismiss civil servants , could not ...
Page 419
... administrator bodies , none holding ultimate responsibility , makes long - range , nationally integrated strategic planning impossible . Circumstances have made the administrators superb tacticians but poor strategists . To those ...
... administrator bodies , none holding ultimate responsibility , makes long - range , nationally integrated strategic planning impossible . Circumstances have made the administrators superb tacticians but poor strategists . To those ...
Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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