Bibliograph

Consumer politics in Postwar Japan, the institutional boundries of citizen activism, Patricia L. Maclachlan

Type

Label

Consumer politics in Postwar Japan, the institutional boundries of citizen activism, Patricia L. Maclachlan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Consumer politics in Postwar Japan

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Patricia L. Maclachlan

Series statement

Studies of the East Asian Institute

Sub title

the institutional boundries of citizen activism

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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