The Nature of the Japanese State

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The Nature of the Japanese State by McVeigh,Brian J., 9780415171069
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  • ISBN: 9780415171069 | 0415171067
  • Cover: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 11/10/1998

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Using an anthropological approach, Brian J. McVeigh shows how a greater understanding of the Japanese state can reconcile an apparent paradox--that it's both a high-tech superpower and a deeply ceremonial society. He argues that both rationality and rituality constitute a bureaucratic ethos.
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