The nature of the Japanese state
Subtitle: rationality and rituality
By: Brian J. McVeigh.
Series: The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Bureaucracy -- Japan.; Social values -- Japan.; Civil society -- Japan.; National characteristics, Japanese.; Education and state -- Japan.; Japan -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-251) and index.