ABSTRACT
First Published in 1966. In this book, the author has endeavours to supply the information which is essential to the formation of accurate judgments as to the meaning of Japanese policy by reviewing her modern political history, describing her system of government, and explaining her national ambitions. McLaren presents a careful survey of the evolution of the existing political institutions of Japan and an enumeration of the powers exercised by the various authorities and the bureaucracy. The author then follows the history of the Japanese Diet from its establishment in 1890 until the beginning of 1913 – assessing the political parties, their internal dissensions as well as their struggles with the various oligarchic Cabinets.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |188 pages
The Reconstruction Period
chapter |28 pages
The Restoration Movement
chapter |29 pages
The Policy of the Restoration Party
chapter |19 pages
The Abolition of Feudalism
chapter |21 pages
The Government and its Critics
chapter |21 pages
The Reconstruction of the Central and Local Governments
chapter |20 pages
The Growth of Representative Institutions
chapter |25 pages
Political Issues and Morality
chapter |23 pages
End of the Reconstruction Period
part |175 pages
The Parliamentary Regime