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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In the higher reaches of the System, bureaucrats, former bureaucrats in top
business positions, former bureaucrats turned politician and the former
bureaucrats or bureaucratised businessmen who head the business federations
are as one, ...
In the higher reaches of the System, bureaucrats, former bureaucrats in top
business positions, former bureaucrats turned politician and the former
bureaucrats or bureaucratised businessmen who head the business federations
are as one, ...
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Tanaka's was the second attempt by a grass-roots politician to wrest control over
the party from the smaller but dominating group of former bureaucrats, for Kono
Ichiro had also tried it, unsuccessfully, in the first decade of the LDP's existence.
Tanaka's was the second attempt by a grass-roots politician to wrest control over
the party from the smaller but dominating group of former bureaucrats, for Kono
Ichiro had also tried it, unsuccessfully, in the first decade of the LDP's existence.
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bureaucrats, and it is significant that the younger and increasingly powerful
Watanabe is grooming ex-bureaucrats to be his main followers in the LDP. In the
Lower House elections of 1986 a strikingly large number of former career officials
, ...
bureaucrats, and it is significant that the younger and increasingly powerful
Watanabe is grooming ex-bureaucrats to be his main followers in the LDP. In the
Lower House elections of 1986 a strikingly large number of former career officials
, ...
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Trust: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order Francis Fukuyama No preview available - 1996 |