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The nature of the Japanese state : rationality and rituality
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Title
The nature of the Japanese state : rationality and rituality / Brian J. McVeigh.
ISBN
1136222456
1136222529
113622260X
1138863033
1315006294
9781136222450
9781136222528
9781136222603
9781138863033
9781315006291
0415171067
9780415171069
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx. 265 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: McVeigh, Brian J. Nature of the Japanese state. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index.
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.
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