Crafting the New Japanese State under MacArthur
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Köp båda 2 för 770 krThis 1989 Yoshino Sakuzo prize-winning book is essential reading for understanding Japans postwar constitution, political and social history, and foreign policy. In this, the most complete English account of the origins of Japans Constitution, the...
"[an] excellent book. Show[s] the sublety with which the Japanese got around awkward American proposals."--Foreign Affairs
"The most detailed and reliable book that has been written in English on the formulating process of Japan's present Constitution by two authors who are specialists in modern Japanese history and American Constitutional development. This book reveals in great detail, for the first time the drafting process of the GHQ/SCAP version based on interviews with, and the private papers of Colonel Kades, the main drafter of the Constitution. This book, from an original point of view, throws light on the present debate on Japanese Constitutional revision which is the most serious political issues of the postwar period."--Shoichi Koseki Professor of Constitutional Law Dokkyo University, Japan
"A fascinating inside story of the process of drafting a constitution that achieved widespread accepetance in Japan as the foundation of democracy . . . Highly Recommended." --Choice
Ray A. Moore is Professor of History and Asian Studies at Amherst College. Donald L. Robinson is Charles N. Clark Professor of Government and American Studies at Smith College. Together they edited The Constitution of Japan: A Documentary History of its Framing and Adoption, 1945-1947.
Introduction; 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 FEC Challenges MacArthur; 10. Seize the Opportunity: Re-working the March 6th Draft; 11. No Choice But to Abide: The Privy Council and Bureaucrats Prepare; TRANSFORMING A DRAFT INTO A CONSTITUTION; 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 Subcommitte Frames Amendments; 17. Fundamental Principles of Democracy: Rights and Imperial Property; 18. Sincere and Steady Efforts: Denouement; 19. Last Service to the Fatherland: House of Peers Addresses Revision; 20. A Borrowed Suit: Peers Accept the Inevitable; SEQUEL; 21. Broaden and Deepen the Debate: Fifty Years Without Revision; Conclusion; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index