- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
Abbreviations and
J apanese Terms - Introduction: “A New Order of Things”
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1 “Negotiated Surrender”:A merican Planning and Occupation -
2 “This Fundamental Problem”:M acA rthur SavesH irohito -
3 “In Good Faith”:J apan Considers Constitutional Reform -
4 “A Rational Way”:K onoe andM atsumoto on Constitutional Reform -
5 “Only as a Last Resort”: TheA mericans Take Over -
6 “A Liberal and Enlightened Constitution”: The Scap Model -
7 “A Very Serious Matter”: The Cabinet's Initial Reactions -
8 “Do Your Best”: The Marathon Meeting -
9 “Grave Danger”: The Allies ChallengeM acA rthur -
10 “Seize This Opportunity”: Reworking the March 6 Draft -
11 “No Choice But to Abide”: The Privy Council and Bureaucrats Prepare - Transforming a Draft into a Constitution
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12 “Along Democratic and Peace‐Loving Lines”:Y oshida Presents His Draft -
13 “Free and Untrammeled Debate”: The Emperor's Prerogatives -
14 “Fervent Hopes”: Pacifism and Human Rights -
15 “Complex andL abyrinthine”: The Structure of Government -
16 “Fresh Trouble”: The House Subcommittee Frames Amendments -
17 “Fundamental Principles of Democracy”: Human Rights and Imperial Property -
18 “Sincere and Steady Efforts”: Denouement -
19 “Last Service to the Fatherland”: The House of Peers Addresses Constitutional Revision -
20 “A Borrowed Suit”: Peers Accept the Inevitable -
21 “Broaden and Deepen the Debate”: Fifty Years Without Revision - Conclusion
- Bibliography
- index
Introduction: “A New Order of Things”
Introduction: “A New Order of Things”
- Chapter:
- (p.3) Introduction: “A New Order of Things”
- Source:
- Partners for Democracy
- Author(s):
Ray A. Moore
Donald L. Robinson (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Introduces the book's main argument: that it is too simple, and ultimately misleading, to say that SCAP (that is, General MacArthur and officers of the American Occupation) “imposed” a Constitution on postwar Japan. Rather, in this book, Japan is treated as a case study of democratization. The chapter also introduces the principal players (MacArthur, Whitney, and Kades on the American side; Shidehara, Yoshida, and Kanamori on the Japanese side). It then describes, in terms that invite comparison with other cases of democratization, the main features of the context (cultural, social, economic, and international) in which they worked to lay the foundation for constitutional democracy.
Keywords: American Occupation, Constitution imposed, Charles Kades, Shidehara Kijurō, Douglas MacArthur, Potsdam Declaration, Yoshida Shigeru, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), Kanamori Tokujirō, Courtney Whitney
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
Abbreviations and
J apanese Terms - Introduction: “A New Order of Things”
-
1 “Negotiated Surrender”:A merican Planning and Occupation -
2 “This Fundamental Problem”:M acA rthur SavesH irohito -
3 “In Good Faith”:J apan Considers Constitutional Reform -
4 “A Rational Way”:K onoe andM atsumoto on Constitutional Reform -
5 “Only as a Last Resort”: TheA mericans Take Over -
6 “A Liberal and Enlightened Constitution”: The Scap Model -
7 “A Very Serious Matter”: The Cabinet's Initial Reactions -
8 “Do Your Best”: The Marathon Meeting -
9 “Grave Danger”: The Allies ChallengeM acA rthur -
10 “Seize This Opportunity”: Reworking the March 6 Draft -
11 “No Choice But to Abide”: The Privy Council and Bureaucrats Prepare - Transforming a Draft into a Constitution
-
12 “Along Democratic and Peace‐Loving Lines”:Y oshida Presents His Draft -
13 “Free and Untrammeled Debate”: The Emperor's Prerogatives -
14 “Fervent Hopes”: Pacifism and Human Rights -
15 “Complex andL abyrinthine”: The Structure of Government -
16 “Fresh Trouble”: The House Subcommittee Frames Amendments -
17 “Fundamental Principles of Democracy”: Human Rights and Imperial Property -
18 “Sincere and Steady Efforts”: Denouement -
19 “Last Service to the Fatherland”: The House of Peers Addresses Constitutional Revision -
20 “A Borrowed Suit”: Peers Accept the Inevitable -
21 “Broaden and Deepen the Debate”: Fifty Years Without Revision - Conclusion
- Bibliography
- index
