دانلود کتاب Politics in Postwar Japanese Society

The rapid social changes which have been occurring in Japan over the past several decades have given the society vast new resources for potential social development. At the same time, however, the rapidity of social change has resulted in contradictions and strains in every aspect ofJapanese society-strains such as those in the political arena which were illuminated by the 1976 disclosures of large­ scale bribery of Japanese government officials by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The Japanese social fabric has been famous (or notorious) for being strongly identified with the past. When a nation is faced with rapid changes, this social continuity can be a source of contradiction and strain on the one hand, but on the other hand it can strengthen the society's ability to absorb change and utilize new resources.This book is a collection of essays written over a period of nearly ten years. They variously describe the present-day Japanese political system and its historical background, explore patterns of participation within the system, and discuss political attitudes toward and relationships with the nations of Asia and the rest of the world. Underlying all these essays is the common theme of change, with its concomitant strains and potentialities, and continuity in Japanese politics and society.