The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation"The first full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political/industrial system"--Cover subtitle. |
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Page 82
... System - The System's embrace is truly inescapable ; it extends to institutions typically , labour movements , parts of the educational world and the press that in other non - dictatorial societies frequently exist in more or less ...
... System - The System's embrace is truly inescapable ; it extends to institutions typically , labour movements , parts of the educational world and the press that in other non - dictatorial societies frequently exist in more or less ...
Page 297
... System sets out to be self - validating . It is itself the ' divinity ' , supplying its own closed system of faith and self - justification . And since a political system cannot legitimise itself , the Japanese System can by definition ...
... System sets out to be self - validating . It is itself the ' divinity ' , supplying its own closed system of faith and self - justification . And since a political system cannot legitimise itself , the Japanese System can by definition ...
Page 339
... system A common decision - making method that also creates the illusion of consensus is the so - called ringi system . Under this system , plans drawn up by lower officials circulate among other officials at ever higher levels ...
... system A common decision - making method that also creates the illusion of consensus is the so - called ringi system . Under this system , plans drawn up by lower officials circulate among other officials at ever higher levels ...
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