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The Japanese Power Elite

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Albrecht Rothacher

    1. Tokyo, Japan

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Society and Power in Japan

    1. Society and Power in Japan

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      Pages 1-6

  3. The Political Elite

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Liberal Democratic Party: Structure and Factions

      • Albrecht Rothacher
      Pages 9-47

    3. Political Careers

      • Albrecht Rothacher
      Pages 48-101

    4. Legitimacy Crises

      • Albrecht Rothacher
      Pages 102-122

  4. The Bureaucratic Elite

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. The Civil Service System

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      Pages 125-148

    3. Government Operations

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      Pages 149-167

    4. Elite Civil Servants

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      Pages 168-179

  5. The Business Elite

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. The Keiretsu Business Conglomerates

      • Albrecht Rothacher
      Pages 183-218

    3. Zaikai — the Organisation of Big Business Interests

      • Albrecht Rothacher
      Pages 219-230

    4. Executive Careers

      • Albrecht Rothacher
      Pages 231-260

  6. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. Elite Mobility and Elite Rule

      • Albrecht Rothacher
      Pages 263-281

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 282-311
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This book attempts a coherent portrait of the heart of Japan's economic and political decision making. It presents the men occupying the core positions in Japan's ruling party, the central ministries, and in big business and its organizations. Elite career patterns, social origins, upbringing, university education, cognitive orientations and ways of life are reviewed, as are the interactions in the exclusive world of Japan's increasingly hereditary and bureaucratic class of power holders in conservative politics and big business.

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  • Tokyo, Japan

    Albrecht Rothacher

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