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Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan
Patricia L. Maclachlan
其他書名
The Institutional Boundaries of Citizen Activism
出版
Columbia University Press
, 2001-12-26
主題
History / Asia / Japan
Political Science / Political Economy
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
History / Asia / General
Business & Economics / General
ISBN
0231505612
9780231505611
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=sJYdrhKO8Y0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.