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The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan

The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan Hard cover - 1995

by J. Mark Ramseyer

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book examines a key question of modern Japanese politics: why the Meiji oligarchs were unable to design institutions capable of protecting their power. The authors question why the oligarchs chose the political institutions they di
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  • Title The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan
  • Author J. Mark Ramseyer
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Date 1995-07-28
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780521473972_pod
  • ISBN 9780521473972 / 0521473977
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 6.28 x 0.97 in (23.44 x 15.95 x 2.46 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
  • Library of Congress subjects Japan - Politics and government - 1868-, Bureaucracy - Japan - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95003514
  • Dewey Decimal Code 952.03

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From the rear cover

In the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, Japan underwent two major shifts in political control. In the 1910s, the power of the oligarchy was eclipsed by that of a larger group of professional politicians. In the 1930s, the locus of power shifted again, this time to a set of independent military leaders. In The Politics of Oligarchy, J. Mark Ramseyer and Frances M. Rosenbluth examine a key question of modern Japanese politics: Why were the Meiji oligarchs unable to design institutions capable of protecting their power? Using an analytical framework for oligarchic governments not specific to Japan, the authors ask why the oligarchs chose the political institutions they did, and what consequences those choices engendered for Japan's political competition, economic development, and diplomatic relations. Ramseyer and Rosenbluth argue that understanding these shifts in power may clarify the general dynamics of oligarchic government, as well as theoretical aspects of the relationship between institutional structure and regime change.