1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787596503321

Autore

Yoshimi Yoshiaki <1946->

Titolo

Grassroots fascism : the war experience of the Japanese people / / Yoshimi Yoshiaki ; translated and annotated by Ethan Mark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 1987

©1987

ISBN

0-231-16569-2

0-231-53859-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Collana

Weatherhead Books on Asia

Disciplina

940.53/52

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Area

Fascism - Japan - History - 20th century

Japan History 1926-1945 Biography

Japan Politics and government 1926-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION : THE P EOPLE IN THE WAR / Mark, Ethan -- 1. FROM DEMOCRACY TO FASCISM -- 2. GRASSROOTS FASCISM -- 3. THE ASIAN WAR -- 4. DEMOCRACY FROM THE BATTLEFIELD -- POSTSCRIPT -- NOTES -- INDEX -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Grassroots Fascism profiles the Asia Pacific War (1937-1945)-the most important though least understood experience of Japan's modern history-through the lens of ordinary Japanese life. Moving deftly from the struggles of the home front to the occupied territories to the ravages of the front line, the book offers rare insights into popular experiences from the war's troubled beginnings through Japan's disastrous defeat in 1945 and the new beginning it heralded. Yoshimi Yoshiaki mobilizes diaries, letters, memoirs, and government documents to portray the ambivalent position of ordinary Japanese as both wartime victims and active participants. He also provides penetrating accounts of the war experiences of Japan's minorities and imperial subjects, including Koreans and Taiwanese. His book



challenges the idea that the Japanese people operated as a mere conduit for the military during the war, passively accepting an imperial ideology imposed upon them by the political elite. Viewed from the bottom up, wartime Japan unfolds as a complex modern mass society, with a corresponding variety of popular roles and agendas. In chronicling the diversity of wartime Japanese social experience, Yoshimi's account elevates our understanding of "Japanese Fascism." In its relation of World War II to the evolution-and destruction-of empire, it makes a fresh contribution to the global history of the war. Ethan Mark's translation supplements the Japanese original with explanatory notes and an in-depth introduction that situates the work within Japanese studies and global history.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786352103321

Autore

He Weifang

Titolo

In the name of justice [[electronic resource] ] : striving for the rule of law in China / / He Weifang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8157-2291-5

1-283-74130-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

The Thornton Center Chinese Thinkers series

Disciplina

340/.11

Soggetti

Rule of law - China

Law reform - China

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

The ongoing quest for judicial independence in contemporary China -- Mencius on the rule of law -- China's first steps toward constitutionalism -- Constitutionalism as a global trend and its impact on china -- Remarks given at the new western hills symposium -- China's legal profession : the emergence and growing pains of a professionalized legal class -- Foreign models and chinese practice in legal education during the reform era -- Freedom of the press : a necessary condition for social stability in China -- An open letter to the



CCP Politburo standing committee regarding media censorship -- Challenging the death penalty: why we should abolish this barbaric punishment -- A plea for genuine political progress in china.

Sommario/riassunto

Of all the issues presented by China's ongoing economic and sociopolitical transformation, none may ultimately prove as consequential as the development of the Chinese legal system. Even as public demand for the rule of law grows, the Chinese Communist Party still interferes in legal affairs and continues in its harsh treatment of human rights lawyers and activists. Both the frequent occurrences of social unrest in recent years and the growing tension between China's various interest groups underline the urgency of developing a sound and sustainable legal system.As one of China's mos