TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCargo,Duncan
TI  - Contemporary Japan
SN  - 0333961927
AV  - 417 DS 889 M478c 2004
U1  - 952.04 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Japan
KW  - History
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Japón
KW  - Civilización
KW  - Historia
KW  - Condiciones sociales
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index; Introduction: Themes and Debates --  The mainstream perspective --  The revisionist approach --  The culturalist perspective --  The country and its people --  Historical Background --  The Tokugawa period (1603-1868) --  The Meiji period (1868-1912) --  Taisho democracy --  Imperialism, militarism and war --  The American Occupation --  The Changing Political Economy --  The Occupation and after --  Consolidating growth --  Savings --  The developmental state? --  The structure of Japanese business --  Busts and booms --  Accounting for the end of the 'miracle' --  Social Structure and Social Policy --  Cultural characteristics --  Family structure --  The urban-rural divide --  Women --  Minorities --  Immigration --  Religions --  Health and demography --  Welfare --  Class and inequality --  Governing Structures --  Electoral system --  The prime minister --  The cabinet and the ministries --  Local government --  The judiciary --  Bureaucracy and the bureaucratic-dominance debate --  The policy process --  Political Society: Parties and Opposition --  The nature of the LDP --  Accounting for LDP dominance --  The high cost of electoral politics --  The politics of construction --  Reforming party funding --  Opposition parties: fragmentation and the quest for credibility --  Other opposition parties --  The labour movement --  The end of LDP rule in 1993 --  Why did the LDP lose power? --  Changes in domestic politics and political economy --  Japanese politics after 1993: the second party system --  An emerging two-party system? --  Socialization and Civil Society
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