ISBN:
9780801461859
,
0801461855
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 270 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Siniawer, Eiko Maruko Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists
DDC:
306.2095209034
Keywords:
Political violence History
;
Japan
;
Democracy History
;
Japan
;
Democracy History
;
Political violence History
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Democracy
;
Politics and government
;
Political violence
;
HISTORY ; Asia ; Japan
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Japan Politics and government
;
1868-
;
Japan
;
Japan Politics and government 1868-
;
Japan
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Introduction -- Patriots and gamblers: violence and the formation of the Meiji state -- Violent democracy: ruffians and the birth of parliamentary politics -- Institutionalized ruffianism and a culture of political violence -- Fascist violence: ideology and power in prewar Japan -- Democracy reconstructed: violence specialists in the postwar period -- Afterword.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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