State-Building, Economic Development, and Democracy : The Japanese Experience

State-Building, Economic Development, and Democracy : The Japanese Experience

The remolding of the state from an autocratic to a democratic one in postwar Japan is sometimes regarded as a successful case of external intervention for state-building. When Americans landed in Japan two weeks after Japan's acceptance of unc...

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Main Authors:	Tsunekawa, Keiichi, Yoshida, Kohei
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ALCOHOLIC CABINET CITIZENS CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL WAR COERCION CONFLICT CRIME DEBT DEMOBILIZATION DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES DEMOCRATIC STATE DEPENDENCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIET DIPLOMACY DISARMAMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS ELECTION ELECTIONS ELECTORAL POLITICS ELECTORATE EXTERNAL INTERVENTION FAMILY MEMBERS FIGHTING FOREIGNERS GOVERNMENT OFFICES GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENTAL POWER GOVERNORS HOME AFFAIRS IMPERIALISM INDUSTRIALIZATION JUSTICE LEADERSHIP LEGAL RIGHTS MARTIAL LAW MASS MEDIA MILITARISM MILITARY LEADERS MINORITY MODERNIZATION NATIONAL PARLIAMENT NATIONAL SECURITY NATIONALISM NUMBER OF PEOPLE OBSERVERS OPINION POLL OPINION SURVEY PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENTARIANS PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM PARTY POLITICS PEACE POLICE POLICE FORCE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL PARTY POLITICAL UNREST POLITICIANS POSTWAR YEARS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIME MINISTER PROCUREMENT PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY REBEL RECONSTRUCTION REPATRIATION REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES REPRESSION RESPECT REVOLUTION SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL CONDITION SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL UNREST SOLDIERS SOVEREIGNTY SUFFRAGE SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY TERRORISM TERRORIST TOTALITARIAN REGIME TRADITIONAL VALUES TREATIES TREATY UNIONS VIOLENCE WAR WARFARE WARS WORLD DEVELOPMENT XENOPHOBIA
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