Consumer politics in postwar Japan: he institutional boundaries of citizen activism
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1. Verfasser: Maclachlan, Patricia L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Columbia University Press 2002
Schriftenreihe:Studies of the East Asian Institute
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Beschreibung:Providing comparisons to the United States and Britain, this book examines Japan's postwar consumer protection movement. Organized largely by and for housewives and spurred by major cases of price gouging and product contamination, the movement led to the passage of basic consumer protection legislation in 1968. Although much of the story concerns the famous "iron triangle" of big business, national bureaucrats, and conservative party politics, Maclachlan takes a broader perspective. She points to the importance of activity at the local level, the role of minority parties, the limited utility
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 322 S.)
ISBN:9780231505611

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