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 224
... concerned about possible political obstruction in a case they have decided to pursue , they will leak the fact that they are investigating it , together with the minimal amount of information the newspapers need to unveil the impending ...
... concerned about possible political obstruction in a case they have decided to pursue , they will leak the fact that they are investigating it , together with the minimal amount of information the newspapers need to unveil the impending ...
Page 338
... concerned party thinks it worth while to upset the apple - cart . Parties to a Japanese ' consensus ' may , in fact , have very negative feelings about what they ' agree ' to . Another phenomenon that passes for ' consensus formation ...
... concerned party thinks it worth while to upset the apple - cart . Parties to a Japanese ' consensus ' may , in fact , have very negative feelings about what they ' agree ' to . Another phenomenon that passes for ' consensus formation ...
Page 339
... concerned should not do rather than what they should do . 36 One of Japan's best - known students of the bureaucracy sees the ringi system not as a product of the pseudo - family relations in Japanese administrative institutions , but ...
... concerned should not do rather than what they should do . 36 One of Japan's best - known students of the bureaucracy sees the ringi system not as a product of the pseudo - family relations in Japanese administrative institutions , but ...
Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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