LEADER 05109nam 22005774a 450 001 9910822891803321 005 20240708034840.0 010 0 $a9780198034445 010 0 $a019803444X 010 $a0-19-530395-4 010 $a0-19-803444-X 010 $a0-19-028795-0 010 $a9786610482269 010 $a0-19-517176-4 010 $a1-280-48226-5 010 $a0-19-983391-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035800 035 $a(CKB)24235124400041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3051836 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3051836 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10084767 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL48226 035 $a(OCoLC)559861687 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235124400041 100 $a20010917d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPartners for democracy $ecrafting the new Japanese state under MacArthur /$fRay A. Moore, Donald L. Robinson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2002 215 $axiv, 409 p. $cill., ports., 8 p. of plates 311 $a9780195151169 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 385-391) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Japanese Terms -- Introduction: "A New Order of Things" -- Fall 1945 -- 1 "Negotiated Surrender": American Planning and Occupation -- 2 "This Fundamental Problem": MacArthur Saves Hirohito -- 3 "In Good Faith": Japan Considers Constitutional Reform -- 4 "A Rational Way": Konoe and Matsumoto on Constitutional Reform -- Imposing the American Model -- 5 "Only as a Last Resort": The Americans Take Over -- 6 "A Liberal and Enlightened Constitution": The SCAP Model -- 7 "A Very Serious Matter": The Cabinet's Initial Reactions -- 8 "Do Your Best": The Marathon Meeting -- 9 "Grave Danger": The Allies Challenge MacArthur -- 10 "Seize This Opportunity": Reworking the March 6 Draft -- 11 "No Choice But to Abide": The Privy Council and Bureaucrats Prepare -- Transforming a Draft into a Constitution -- Preview: The Diet Goes to Work -- 12 "Along Democratic and Peace-Loving Lines": Yoshida Presents His Draft -- 13 "Free and Untrammeled Debate": The Emperor's Prerogatives -- 14 "Fervent Hopes": Pacifism and Human Rights -- 15 "Complex and Labyrinthine": The Structure of Government -- 16 "Fresh Trouble": The House Subcommittee Frames Amendments -- 17 "Fundamental Principles of Democracy": Human Rights and Imperial Property -- 18 "Sincere and Steady Efforts": Denouement -- 19 "Last Service to the Fatherland": The House of Peers Addresses Constitutional Revision -- 20 "A Borrowed Suit": Peers Accept the Inevitable -- Sequel -- 21 "Broaden and Deepen the Debate": Fifty Years without Revison -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aIn 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the United States and its allies, thereby planting the seed from which would spring one of the world's most successful and stable democracies. In an age when democracy is often pursued, yet rarely accomplished, in which failed democracies are foundthroughout Africa, Latin America, and Asia, Japan's transformation from an utterly defeated military power into a thriving constitutional democracy commands attention.It has long been assumed that postwar Japan was largely the making of America, that democracy was simply imposed on a defeated land. Yet a political and legal system cannot long survive, much less thrive, if resisted by the very citizens it exists to serve. The external imposition of a constitutiondoes not automatically translate into a constitutional democracy of the kind Japan has enjoyed for the past half-century. Apparently Japan, though under military occupation, was ready for what the West had to offer. Ray A. Moore and Donald L. Robinson convincingly show that the country's affirmationof democracy was neither cynical nor merely tactical. What made Japan different was that Japan and the United States-represented in Tokyo by the headstrong and deeply conservative General Douglas MacArthur-worked out a genuine partnership, navigating skillfully among die-hard defenders of theemperor, Japanese communists, and America's opinionated erstwhile allies. No dry recounting of policy decisions and diplomatic gestures, Partners for Democracy resounds with the strong personalities and dramatic clashes that paved the way to a hard-won success.Here is the story of how a devastated land came to construct--at times aggressively and rapidly, at times deliberately and only after much debate-a democracy that stands today as the envy of many other nations. 606 $aConstitutional history$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xHistory$yAllied occupation, 1945-1952 615 0$aConstitutional history 676 $a342.52/029 700 $aMoore$b Ray A.$f1933-2020$0627064 701 $aRobinson$b Donald L.$f1936-$01627103 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822891803321 996 $aPartners for democracy$93963513 997 $aUNINA