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The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan

The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan

Rosenbluth, Frances McCall
Ramseyer, J. Mark
Calvert, Randall

Paperback

Series: Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

General Political ScienceInternational RelationsJapanese History

ISBN10: 0521636493
ISBN13: 9780521636490
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 28 1998
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.94
Language: English
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 did, and what the consequences of those choices were for Japan's political competition, economic development, and diplomatic relations. Indeed, they argue, it was the oligarchs' very inability to agree among themselves on how to rule that prompted them to cut the military loose from civilian control--a decision that was to have disastrous consequences not only for Japan but for the rest of the world.

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