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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Fourteen centuries ago Japanese power-holders could rummage among what
China had to offer and limit such outside cultural influences almost totally to
institutions and beliefs that suited them. They again succeeded remarkably well
with ...
Fourteen centuries ago Japanese power-holders could rummage among what
China had to offer and limit such outside cultural influences almost totally to
institutions and beliefs that suited them. They again succeeded remarkably well
with ...
Page 250
The overriding concern of the Tokugawa power-holders was the maintenance of
an order totally devoid of any social mobility. All their subjects occupied a fixed
place in the formally prescribed class layers, and although power relations
among ...
The overriding concern of the Tokugawa power-holders was the maintenance of
an order totally devoid of any social mobility. All their subjects occupied a fixed
place in the formally prescribed class layers, and although power relations
among ...
Page 416
Legal authority is uncertain and not backed by the strongest power within the
country. Maintaining independent ... Harbor was suicidal. In the 1930s, when
Japan's military power-holders were seriously contemplating the possibilities of
war ...
Legal authority is uncertain and not backed by the strongest power within the
country. Maintaining independent ... Harbor was suicidal. In the 1930s, when
Japan's military power-holders were seriously contemplating the possibilities of
war ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
The neglected role of power | 17 |
The System | 43 |
Copyright | |
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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 |
| ISBN | 0394577965, 9780394577968 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General 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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