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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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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Ikeda Makoto , ' Roshi kyocho seisaku no keisei : Naimusho shakaikyoku setchi
no igi ni tsuite ' [ Formation of policy for co - operation between management and
labour : the significance of Naimusho ' s social bureau ) , Nihon rodo kyokai ...
Ikeda Makoto , ' Roshi kyocho seisaku no keisei : Naimusho shakaikyoku setchi
no igi ni tsuite ' [ Formation of policy for co - operation between management and
labour : the significance of Naimusho ' s social bureau ) , Nihon rodo kyokai ...
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Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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| 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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