The police in occupation Japan : control, corruption and resistance to reform / / Christopher Aldous

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783959303321
• Autore: Aldous Christopher
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 1997
• ISBN: 1-134-75981-9; 1-134-75982-7; 1-280-10794-4; 0-585-44723-3; 0-203-44014-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; ; 1
• Disciplina: 363.20952
• Soggetti: Police - Japan - History - 20th century; Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-301) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Conventions; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Studies of the police in Japan and elsewhere; The Japanese police and the American Occupation; The Occupation structure; Police and society; Methodology and sources; Foundations; A national police organization; Wide-ranging police powers; The police ethos; Police methods; Thought control; Wartime and the neighbourhood associations; The Kenpei; The Consequences of defeat; United States policies; The health of the police institution; Economic conditions; Guardians of the peopleEconomic regulation; The treatment of detainees; Neighbourhood surveillance; Strikes and demonstrations; Serving the old guard; The disappearance of surplus military supplies; The oyabun-kobun system; 'Voluntary' contributions; The tale of Suzuki Eiji; Allies of military government; The structure of military government; The process of military government; Mutual dependence; A weakness for entertainment; 'Immediate and final decentralization'; Preliminaries; The PSD/Yoshida government plan; A clash of principles; Advising the Katayama government; Reconciliation; Towards recentralizationOrganization and facilities; Shouldering the financial burden; Vulnerability to lawless elements; Trusting in the national rural police; Conclusion; A two-faced Occupation; A durable social system; Resisting reform; Epilogue; The implications of recentralization; Resurgent police powers; Police practices; The police ethos; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study focuses on the problems that attended the reform of the Japanese police during the American Occupation of Japan (1945-52). Drawing on primary sources Aldous explores the Occupation's programme of 'democratization' and its legacy.