Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan

Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780231505611
ISBN-13 : 0231505612
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Book Synopsis Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan by : Patricia L. Maclachlan

Download or read book Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan written by Patricia L. Maclachlan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001-12-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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