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
496 pages ; 24 cm
9780394577968, 0394577965
19130854
The Japan problem
The elusive state
An inescapable embrace
Servants of the system
The administrators
The submissive middle class
Nurses of the people
Keeping the law under control
The management of reality
Power in the guise of culture
The system as religion
The right to rule
Ritual and intimidation
A century of consolidating control
The Japanese phoenix
In the world but not of it