Jean Marie-Bouissou, a long time resident of Japan, is now a researcher at C.E.R.I. in Paris.

`Bouissou's book [...] is well informed and his judgments show good sense. His coverage is impressively broad.' (Richard Sims, SOAS)

• Japan In 1945: Historical Background - Japan, State and Nation - The First Japanese Miracle, 1868-1931 - Japan Under Military Control, 1931-45 - The Occupation: Democratisation Within Limits - Punishment Plans Cut Short - Democratisation - Reforms and Social Change - Political Change - The End of the Occupation - Japan after the Occupation - Laying The Foundations Of The Miracle (1952-62) - Politics: Confrontation and Stabilisation - The Economy: Foundations Laid for the Miracle - Social Conditions in the Growth Period - New Ways of Thinking? - Foreign Policy: Japan Returns to the International Scene - The Great Boom And Its Other Side (1962-72) - The Decade of the Economic Miracle - The Other Side of the Miracle - New Struggles - Parties and the Political System in a Time of Change - Pressure Groups in the Political System: Corporatist Trends - Foreign Policy - End of the Sato Government, July 1972 - A Shock-Absorber Economy (1972-80) - A Nation in Crisis, 1972-76 - Economic Recovery - The Conservative Comeback, 1977-80 - An Impotent Opposition - Conservative Trends in Society - Foreign Policy - The Dilemmas Of Power (1980-92) - After the Conservative Monopoly, Blockages and Challenges to the System - The Economy: Explosion of Power - Society - Japan's Search for a Role in the World Order - The End Of The `Japanese Model'? (1992-2000) - Japan and Globalisation: Challenge to the Economic and Social Model - Politics: Decline and Rearrangement - Return to Contestation and Changes in Thinking - Japan's International Position)

Jean Marie-Bouissou, a long time resident of Japan, is now a researcher at C.E.R.I. in Paris.

`Bouissou's book [...] is well informed and his judgments show good sense. His coverage is impressively broad.' (Richard Sims, SOAS)

• Japan In 1945: Historical Background - Japan, State and Nation - The First Japanese Miracle, 1868-1931 - Japan Under Military Control, 1931-45 - The Occupation: Democratisation Within Limits - Punishment Plans Cut Short - Democratisation - Reforms and Social Change - Political Change - The End of the Occupation - Japan after the Occupation - Laying The Foundations Of The Miracle (1952-62) - Politics: Confrontation and Stabilisation - The Economy: Foundations Laid for the Miracle - Social Conditions in the Growth Period - New Ways of Thinking? - Foreign Policy: Japan Returns to the International Scene - The Great Boom And Its Other Side (1962-72) - The Decade of the Economic Miracle - The Other Side of the Miracle - New Struggles - Parties and the Political System in a Time of Change - Pressure Groups in the Political System: Corporatist Trends - Foreign Policy - End of the Sato Government, July 1972 - A Shock-Absorber Economy (1972-80) - A Nation in Crisis, 1972-76 - Economic Recovery - The Conservative Comeback, 1977-80 - An Impotent Opposition - Conservative Trends in Society - Foreign Policy - The Dilemmas Of Power (1980-92) - After the Conservative Monopoly, Blockages and Challenges to the System - The Economy: Explosion of Power - Society - Japan's Search for a Role in the World Order - The End Of The `Japanese Model'? (1992-2000) - Japan and Globalisation: Challenge to the Economic and Social Model - Politics: Decline and Rearrangement - Return to Contestation and Changes in Thinking - Japan's International Position)

Jean Marie-Bouissou, a long time resident of Japan, is now a researcher at C.E.R.I. in Paris.

`Bouissou's book [...] is well informed and his judgments show good sense. His coverage is impressively broad.' (Richard Sims, SOAS)

• Japan In 1945: Historical Background - Japan, State and Nation - The First Japanese Miracle, 1868-1931 - Japan Under Military Control, 1931-45 - The Occupation: Democratisation Within Limits - Punishment Plans Cut Short - Democratisation - Reforms and Social Change - Political Change - The End of the Occupation - Japan after the Occupation - Laying The Foundations Of The Miracle (1952-62) - Politics: Confrontation and Stabilisation - The Economy: Foundations Laid for the Miracle - Social Conditions in the Growth Period - New Ways of Thinking? - Foreign Policy: Japan Returns to the International Scene - The Great Boom And Its Other Side (1962-72) - The Decade of the Economic Miracle - The Other Side of the Miracle - New Struggles - Parties and the Political System in a Time of Change - Pressure Groups in the Political System: Corporatist Trends - Foreign Policy - End of the Sato Government, July 1972 - A Shock-Absorber Economy (1972-80) - A Nation in Crisis, 1972-76 - Economic Recovery - The Conservative Comeback, 1977-80 - An Impotent Opposition - Conservative Trends in Society - Foreign Policy - The Dilemmas Of Power (1980-92) - After the Conservative Monopoly, Blockages and Challenges to the System - The Economy: Explosion of Power - Society - Japan's Search for a Role in the World Order - The End Of The `Japanese Model'? (1992-2000) - Japan and Globalisation: Challenge to the Economic and Social Model - Politics: Decline and Rearrangement - Return to Contestation and Changes in Thinking - Japan's International Position)