Reasonable Men, Powerful Words Political Culture and Expertise in Twentieth Century Japan

Name: Reasonable Men, Powerful Words Political Culture and Expertise in Twentieth Century Japan
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ISBN: 9780520243477

ISBN-10: 0520243471

ISBN-13: 9780520243477

Edition: 2005

Authors: Laura Hein, Joseph Brinley

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Reasonable Men, Powerful Words traces the development of political culture in twentieth-century Japan through a social and intellectual biography of six Japanese economists who influenced national political life in significant ways. The global ascendance of social scientists is one of the defining characteristics of modernity. They dedicated themselves to an extraordinary range of public policies, including eliminating poverty, reducing disparities of wealth, reshaping the relationship between government and citizen, building a strong economy devoid of a military component, and creating an educated and politically active populace in Japan.

Book details

List price: $57.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/24/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.25" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



The Ouchi group



Introduction : making a difference in the world



Professionalization and politics



Reckoning with the state



Economics as politics in occupied Japan



Making peace work



Taming the contradictions of capitalism



Consumption and the democratic household



Thinking globally, acting locally : the Tokyo governorship



Conclusion : remembering the Ouchi group and twentieth-century Japan