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 186
One detects it in the admonishing tone of instructions suddenly emanating from
the loudspeaker on a police box or cruising patrol car . In the apartment - block
districts of some smaller cities the police may try to make people feel part of a ...
One detects it in the admonishing tone of instructions suddenly emanating from
the loudspeaker on a police box or cruising patrol car . In the apartment - block
districts of some smaller cities the police may try to make people feel part of a ...
Page 197
police force who reveal leftist leanings are deemed unsuitable for police work
and filtered out . ” One author , who served for ten years with the police in Hyogo
prefecture , describes the automatic retort of ' Aka ! ' ( ' red ' or ' communist ' ) that ...
police force who reveal leftist leanings are deemed unsuitable for police work
and filtered out . ” One author , who served for ten years with the police in Hyogo
prefecture , describes the automatic retort of ' Aka ! ' ( ' red ' or ' communist ' ) that ...
Page 200
Regional public safety commissions still exert theoretical control ; but aside from
the fact that these tend to be composed of old - fashioned conservatives with
rightist histories , 59 the police force is in any case highly centralised . A quarter
of a ...
Regional public safety commissions still exert theoretical control ; but aside from
the fact that these tend to be composed of old - fashioned conservatives with
rightist histories , 59 the police force is in any case highly centralised . A quarter
of a ...
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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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