Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan

Consumer Politics in Postwar Japan

by Patricia Maclachlan
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 26/12/2001

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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.

ISBN:
9780231505611
9780231505611
Category:
Asian history
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
26-12-2001
Language:
English
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Patricia Maclachlan

Patricia MacLachlan is the best-selling author of many beloved books for young readers, including Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal. Her novels for young readers include Arthur For The Very First Time, The Facts And Fictions of Minna Pratt, Skylark, Caleb's Story, More Perfect Than The Moon, and Grandfather's Dance.

She is also the author of many timeless picture books, including Three Names, Who Loves Me?, What You Know First, All The Places To Love, Painting The Wind, Bittle, and Once I Ate A Pie, several of which she co-wrote with her daughter, Emily. She lives with her husband and two border terriers in Williamsburg, Massachusetts.

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