| Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan: The Institutional Boundaries of Citizen Activism Contributor(s): MacLachlan, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231123477 ISBN-13: 9780231123471 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: 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 of the courts, and the place of lawyers and academics in providing access to power. These mild social strategies have resulted in a significant amount of consumer protection. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 381.340 |
| LCCN: 2001032521 |
| Lexile Measure: 1640 |
| Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute (Columbia Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.04" W x 8.92" (0.99 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Japanese |