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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The Japan Problem for the Japanese As a nation, Japan is a problem for itself
because the way Japanese power is exercised results in conflicts with, and
isolation from, other countries. But Japan is also a problem for Japanese
individuals.
The Japan Problem for the Japanese As a nation, Japan is a problem for itself
because the way Japanese power is exercised results in conflicts with, and
isolation from, other countries. But Japan is also a problem for Japanese
individuals.
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Liberal-minded members of the aforementioned committee for education reforms
went so far as to suggest, in conversations with press representatives, that the
problem reflects a disorder of Japanese society in general - thus revealing an ...
Liberal-minded members of the aforementioned committee for education reforms
went so far as to suggest, in conversations with press representatives, that the
problem reflects a disorder of Japanese society in general - thus revealing an ...
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It is essentially and by definition a problem of political legitimacy. I say by
definition, because among other things legitimacy always implies a condition
where the right to rule has clearly been established. The legitimacy problem On
the face of ...
It is essentially and by definition a problem of political legitimacy. I say by
definition, because among other things legitimacy always implies a condition
where the right to rule has clearly been established. The legitimacy problem On
the face of ...
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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 |
| Author | Karel Van Wolferen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A.A. Knopf, 1989 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General History / Asia / Japan Japan Japan - Economic policy - 1945-1989 Japan - Politics and government - 1945 Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy Political culture Political culture - Japan Political culture/ Japan Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural |
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