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. |
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People and Politics in a Stateless Nation Karel Van Wolferen. 5 The Administrators - - mainly are all Japan has a clearly discernible ruling class . Its members bureaucrats , top businessmen and one section of the LDP basically ...
People and Politics in a Stateless Nation Karel Van Wolferen. 5 The Administrators - - mainly are all Japan has a clearly discernible ruling class . Its members bureaucrats , top businessmen and one section of the LDP basically ...
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... administrators are better protected than others . The bureaucrats are without doubt the most shielded category of all . Article 15 of the constitution , which gives the people the right to choose and dismiss civil servants , could not ...
... administrators are better protected than others . The bureaucrats are without doubt the most shielded category of all . Article 15 of the constitution , which gives the people the right to choose and dismiss civil servants , could not ...
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... administrator bodies , none holding ultimate responsibility , makes long - range , nationally integrated strategic planning impossible . Circumstances have made the administrators superb tacticians but poor strategists . To those ...
... administrator bodies , none holding ultimate responsibility , makes long - range , nationally integrated strategic planning impossible . Circumstances have made the administrators superb tacticians but poor strategists . To those ...
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The Japan Problem | 1 |
The neglected role of power | 17 |
The Elusive State | 25 |
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