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Autore: |
Aldous Christopher
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Titolo: |
The police in occupation Japan : control, corruption and resistance to reform / / Christopher Aldous
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Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 1997 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.20952 |
Soggetto topico: | Police - Japan - History - 20th century |
Soggetto geografico: | Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952 |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The police in occupation Japan ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-134-75981-9 |
1-134-75982-7 | |
1-280-10794-4 | |
0-585-44723-3 | |
0-203-44014-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783959303321 |
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