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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Siniawer, Eiko Maruko (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Political violence.
Politics and government
Democracy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Violence politique > Japon > Histoire.
Democracy > Japan > History.
Political violence > Japan > History.
Japan.
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 1868-
Japan > Politics and government > 1868-
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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