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List of Figures, Tables, Boxes and Maps | |
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Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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List of Abbreviations | |
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Map of Japan | |
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Introduction: Themes and Debates | |
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The mainstream perspective | |
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The revisionist approach | |
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The culturalist perspective | |
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The country and its people | |
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Conclusion | |
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Historical Background | |
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The Tokugawa period (1603-1868) | |
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The Meiji period (1868-1912) | |
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Taisho democracy | |
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Imperialism, militarism and war | |
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The American Occupation | |
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The Changing Political Economy | |
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The Occupation and after | |
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Consolidating growth | |
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Savings | |
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The developmental state? | |
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The structure of Japanese business | |
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Busts and booms | |
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Accounting for the end of the 'miracle' | |
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Conclusion | |
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Social Structure and Social Policy | |
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Cultural characteristics | |
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Family structure | |
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The urban-rural divide | |
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Women | |
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Minorities | |
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Immigration | |
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Religions | |
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Health and demography | |
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Welfare | |
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Class and inequality | |
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Conclusion | |
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Governing Structures | |
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Electoral system | |
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The prime minister | |
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The cabinet and the ministries | |
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Local government | |
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The judiciary | |
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Bureaucracy and the bureaucratic-dominance debate | |
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The policy process | |
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Conclusion | |
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Political Society: Parties and Opposition | |
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The nature of the LDP | |
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Accounting for LDP dominance | |
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The high cost of electoral politics | |
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The politics of construction | |
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Reforming party funding | |
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Opposition parties: fragmentation and the quest for credibility | |
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Other opposition parties | |
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The labour movement | |
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The end of LDP rule in 1993 | |
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Why did the LDP lose power? | |
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Changes in domestic politics and political economy | |
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Japanese politics after 1993: the second party system | |
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An emerging two-party system? | |
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Conclusion | |
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Socialization and Civil Society | |
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Sources of socialization and social control | |
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Policing and the criminal justice system | |
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Forms of social organization and participation | |
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Contrasting perspectives on Japanese civil society | |
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Japan's External Relations | |
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Japan's self-defence forces and the US-Japan alliance | |
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Japan and Asia | |
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Japan and China | |
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Japan and North Korea | |
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Aid policy | |
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Trade and investment | |
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Internationalization | |
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Other key relationships | |
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Japan and the war on terrorism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Conclusion | |
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Interpreting Japan | |
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Conclusion | |
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Recommended Reading | |
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Japan on the Internet | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |