Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan: The Institutional Boundaries of Citizen Activism
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231123477
ISBN13:9780231123471
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:270 Pages
Weight:0.99 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Related Subjects
Asia Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Comparative Politics Economic Conditions Economic History Economic Policy Economic Policy & Development Economics Ethnic Studies Government History Japan Legal Theory & Systems Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Non-US Legal Systems Political Economy Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Policy Social Sciences Specific DemographicsCustomer Reviews
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