Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists : the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960 /

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Violence and democracy may seem fundamentally incompatible, but the two have often been intimately and inextricably linked. In Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists, Eiko Maruko Siniawer argues that violence has been embedded in the practice of modern Japanese politics from the very inception of the countr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Siniawer, Eiko Maruko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Since 1868
Political violence > Japan > History.
Democracy > Japan > History.
Violence politique > Japon > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Democracy
Politics and government
Political violence
Japan > Politics and government > 1868-
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 1868-
Japan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Patriots and gamblers: violence and the formation of the Meiji state
  • Violent democracy: ruffians and the birth of parliamentary politics
  • Institutionalized ruffianism and a culture of political violence
  • Fascist violence: ideology and power in prewar Japan
  • Democracy reconstructed: violence specialists in the postwar period
  • Afterword.

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