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 46
They keep these shares within their conglomerate family , in a pattern of
reciprocal ... To keep over half of a company ' s shares in such cross - holding
deals eliminates the possibility of take - overs by outsiders . No one is in charge
of a gurupu ...
They keep these shares within their conglomerate family , in a pattern of
reciprocal ... To keep over half of a company ' s shares in such cross - holding
deals eliminates the possibility of take - overs by outsiders . No one is in charge
of a gurupu ...
Page 114
The bureaucrats keep the LDP in business by buying off the public with subsidies
and public works . The LDP parliamentarians keep the bureaucrats in business
by not rocking the boat and not making the slightest attempt to change the ...
The bureaucrats keep the LDP in business by buying off the public with subsidies
and public works . The LDP parliamentarians keep the bureaucrats in business
by not rocking the boat and not making the slightest attempt to change the ...
Page 368
The common explanation for keeping efficient birth control out of reach of
Japanese is that it would undermine the very ... is true that the Japan Medical
Association has used its once formidable powers to keep the Pill ' off the
Japanese market ...
The common explanation for keeping efficient birth control out of reach of
Japanese is that it would undermine the very ... is true that the Japan Medical
Association has used its once formidable powers to keep the Pill ' off the
Japanese market ...
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Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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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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