| Description |
1 online resource (xx. 265 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
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Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index. |
| Summary |
In this adventurous new study the author demonstrates how conflicting impressions of Japan can be reconciled and a greater understanding of the state achieved. Engagement with debates over bureaucracy's role in Japanese politics is included. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note to the reader; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: where rationality and rituality meet; 2. Demystifying a discourse: the misuses of"" Japanese culture"" and the production of rationality; 3. The bureaucratized self: public, private, and ""civil society"" in Japan; 4. Japan's government: the bureaucratic blurring of state and society; 5. Rationality, bureaucracy, and belief in the state. |
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6. Japan's Ministry of Education: rationalizedschooling and the state7. The rationality of moral education: the state's visionof civil society; 8. Conclusion: lessons from Japan about state andsociety; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Japan -- Regierung. |
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Bureaucracy -- Japan.
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Bureaucracy. |
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Japan. |
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Social values -- Japan.
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Social values. |
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Civil society -- Japan.
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Civil society. |
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National characteristics, Japanese.
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National characteristics, Japanese. |
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Education and state -- Japan.
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Education and state. |
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| Subject |
Japan -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1945 |
| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Politologi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McVeigh, Brian J. Nature of the Japanese state. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 (DLC) 98034179 |
| ISBN |
9781136222450 (electronic book) |
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1136222456 (electronic book) |
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0415171067 (alkaline paper) |
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9780415171069 |
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