LEADER 03716nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910820030703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-75981-9 010 $a1-134-75982-7 010 $a1-280-10794-4 010 $a0-585-44723-3 010 $a0-203-44014-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203440148 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255122 035 $a(EBL)178614 035 $a(OCoLC)560420010 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282916 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228428 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282916 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10326096 035 $a(PQKB)11258303 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178614 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058117 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10794 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255122 100 $a19970303d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe police in occupation Japan $econtrol, corruption and resistance to reform /$fChristopher Aldous 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (325 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in the modern history of Asia ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-14526-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [286]-301) and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aGuardians 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 327 $aTowards 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 330 $aThis study focuses on the problems that attended the reform of the Japanese police during the American Occupation of Japan (1945-52). Drawing on primary sources Aldous explores the Occupation's programme of 'democratization' and its legacy. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in the modern history of Asia ;$v1. 606 $aPolice$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aJapan$xHistory$yAllied occupation, 1945-1952 615 0$aPolice$xHistory 676 $a363.20952 700 $aAldous$b Christopher$00 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820030703321 996 $aThe police in occupation Japan$94027182 997 $aUNINA