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...Nathaniel B. Thayer Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1996 1996 The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan . By J. Mark Ramseyer and Frances M. Rosenbluth . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1995 . xviii, 223 pp. $54.95. 738...

...Peter Duus Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 The Japanese Oligarchy and the Russo-Japanese War . By Shumpei Okamoto . New York : Columbia University Press , 1971 . 232 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Index, $12.00. BOOK REVIEWS 897 sonno-ron, chu\o for fu^\o...

...Sidney Devere Brown Abstract Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830–1878) emerged as the dominant figure of the Meiji oligarchy in November 1873. He retained that uneasy position until his death under his assassins' swords on May 14, 1878. During the four and one-half year interval Ōkubo served Japan well...

... of the country in the hands of a narrow oligarchy. The social and political character of this oligarchy has changed with the major shifts in Japanese social history. Thus at the earliest period it was composed of the heads of the more powerful clans (uji) of which the Imperial clan was only primus inter pares...

... demanding government by political parties, extension of voting rights, purification of political life, curbs upon the influence of the military, and changes in the composition and powers of the House of Peers. These men in the Diet often exposed the errors of the governing oligarchy, and the awakening...

... Oligarchy: The Case of the Philippine Commission and the Filipino Legislative Elite, 1899–1916.” Ph.D. diss., University of the Philippines . Baja Emmanuel A. 1933 . Philippine Police System and Its Problems . Manila : Pobre's Press . Beckett Jeremy . 1993 . “Political Families and Family...

... accomplished. KATHERINE SALTZMAN-LI University of California, Santa Barbara The Politics of Oligarchy: Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan. By J. M A R K RAMSEYER and FRANCES M. R O S E N B L U T H . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. xviii, 223 pp. $54.95. J. Mark Ramseyer is a law professor...

... concept or "weak state" versus "strong oligarchy" notions as tools for understanding Philippine politics. Instead, based on an investigation of the workings of politics at different levels in the two provinces of Cavite and Cebu, he makes a case for "bossism," which he argues has little to do with either...

... Council of 1788 written by a participant the traditional oligarchy has met reasonably well following year, the Sahgltiyavah'sa of Somdet the demands of the people and the threats Phra Phonnarat (Bangkok, 1923); and he posed by its neighbors, and has so far been could have used to better advantage Prince...

.... 17, No. 137. Craddock Minute 26 June 1916. In private he expressed these feelings even more strongly: “We cannot contemplate a small oligarchy of Indian intellectuals kept in power over the diverse millions that inhabit India by the bayonets of European mercenaries …” (Barnes Papers, Craddock...

... was flawed," because the Americans "coddled the elite while disregarding the appalling plight of the peasants, thus perpetuating a feudal oligarchy that widened the gap between rich and poor" (p. 198). The oligarchy, the elite, has been the historical villain, using America's well-meaning help to increase...

... of parliamentary government prior to and soon after the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution. Without doing too much violence to the facts, we may generalize the traditional interpretations of Meiji parliamentary development as follows: (i) the Meiji oligarchy, headed first by men like Kido Takayoshi and Okubo...

... to avoid any discussion of the economic stakes of the Philippine elite or oligarchy, terms he uses interchangeably. He makes clear from the outset that the political elite was at the same time an economic elite whose holdings greatly increased during the American hegemony. He notes appropriately too...

... of the 1970s, Marcos (1971, 61-73; 1973, 4, 150-51; 1976, 209) attacked established families as a corrupt "oligarchy of the old society." In the name of national progress, he confiscated their assets, including the Roces and Lopez newspapers. Since the dictator's fall in 1986, established elite families have...

... discussion of the economic stakes of the Philippine elite or oligarchy, terms he uses interchangeably. He makes clear from the outset that the political elite was at the same time an economic elite whose holdings greatly increased during the American hegemony. He notes appropriately too that the guerrilla...

... as a revolution. In Mr. Maki's own words: "The political and economic oligarchies, emperor worship, and the strictures on the inflow of foreign ideas must be abolished. If this comes to pass, the consequences cannot be described by a word less than 'revolutionary Although not explicitly stated, the corollary...

... that was "later punctured by reality" (p. 200). The American "performance in the Philippines was flawed," because the Americans "coddled the elite while disregarding the appalling plight of the peasants, thus perpetuating a feudal oligarchy that widened the gap between rich and poor" (p. 198). The oligarchy...

... success can be attributed to the fact that its politics has been continuously dominated by a traditional oligarchy, a homogeneous socioeconomic political elite, whereas Iloilo has in recent times been governed by a polyarchy, a pluralist, middle-class political elite. Because there is a powerful normative...

... suppressed Minear might have found himself standing on a different shore, seeing in clearer perspective the larger question of a persisting traditionalism. H. D. HAROOTUNIAN University of Wisconsin, Madison The Japanese Oligarchy and the Russo-Japanese War. BY SHUMPEI OKAMOTO. New York: Columbia University...

... Restoration through the political crisis of 1881, attempts "to show that constitutionalism was not simply forced on the Meiji BOOK REVIEWS 399 oligarchy either by 'public opinion' or by the participants in the movement for parliamentary government." Akita points out that "the thinking of the oligarchy...