The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationIn this brilliantly authoritative book, Karel van Wolferen unravels the confusions and misperceptions the West has about Japan and can no longer afford to maintain. |
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Construction Ministry officials , like other Japanese bureaucrats , are ambivalent
about ' strong ' ministers . On the one hand , they want their department to be
nominally headed by an LDP politician powerful enough to help them get a larger
...
Construction Ministry officials , like other Japanese bureaucrats , are ambivalent
about ' strong ' ministers . On the one hand , they want their department to be
nominally headed by an LDP politician powerful enough to help them get a larger
...
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In the late 1980s such comments as these have a good chance , even , of being
labelled ' Japan - bashing ' by official spokesmen and the press . Blinding the
world Japanese officials , commentators and businessmen routinely appeal to ...
In the late 1980s such comments as these have a good chance , even , of being
labelled ' Japan - bashing ' by official spokesmen and the press . Blinding the
world Japanese officials , commentators and businessmen routinely appeal to ...
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Under this system , plans drawn up by lower officials circulate among other
officials at ever higher levels , receiving their seals of approval . The appearance
of full participation is served , and those who are not in favour of the plan can ...
Under this system , plans drawn up by lower officials circulate among other
officials at ever higher levels , receiving their seals of approval . The appearance
of full participation is served , and those who are not in favour of the plan can ...
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Contents
The Japan Problem | 1 |
The neglected role of power | 17 |
The Elusive State | 25 |
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Trust: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order Francis Fukuyama No preview available - 1996 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation Vintage Series |
| Author | Karel Van Wolferen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0679728023, 9780679728023 |
| Length | 504 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General History / Asia / Japan Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Political Economy |
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