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The nature of the Japanese state : rationality and rituality /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McVeigh, Brian J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Series:Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.
  • 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.