Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists

Maruko Siniawer Eiko

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Violence and democracy may seem fundamentally incompatible, but the two have often been intimately and inextricably linked. In Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists, Eiko Maruko Siniawer argues that violence has been embedded in the practice of modern Japanese politics from the very inception of the country's experiment with democracy. As soon as the parliament opened its doors in 1890, brawls, fistfights, vandalism, threats, and intimidation quickly became a fixture in Japanese politics, from campaigns and elections to legislative debates. Most of this physical force was wielded by what Siniawer calls "violence specialists": ruffians and yakuza. Their systemic and enduring political violence-in the streets, in the halls of parliament, during popular protests, and amid labor strife-ultimately compromised party politics in Japan and contributed to the rise of militarism in the 1930s.For the post-World War II years, Siniawer illustrates how the Japanese developed a preference for money over violence as a political tool of choice. This change in tactics signaled a political shift, but not necessarily an evolution, as corruption and bribery were in some ways more insidious, exclusionary, and undemocratic than violence. Siniawer demonstrates that the practice of politics in Japan has been dangerous, chaotic, and far more violent than previously thought. Additionally, crime has been more political. Throughout the book, Siniawer makes clear that certain yakuza groups were ideological in nature, contrary to the common understanding of organized crime as nonideological. Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists is essential reading for anyone wanting to comprehend the role of violence in the formation of modern nation-states and its place in both democratic and fascist movements.

Sujets

• Histoire
• True crime
• 20th century
• History of Asia
• Activism
• Japan

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 02 mai 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780801461859
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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RUFFIANS, YAKUZA, NATIONALISTS

RUFFIANS, YAKUZA, NATIONALISTS

hé Vôé Pôcs ô Môdé Jàpà, 1860–1960

Eiko Maruko Siniawer

C O R N E L L U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

I T H A C A A N D L O N D O N

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Sînîawer, Eîko Maruko.  RuIans, yakuza, natîonalîsts : the vîolent polîtîcs of modern Japan, 1860–1960 / Eîko Maruko Sînîawer.  p. cm.  ïncludes bîblîographîcal references and îndex.  ïSBN 978–0–8014–4720–4 (cloth : alk. paper)  ïSBN 978–0–8014–5682–4 (pbk. : alk. paper)  1. Polîtîcal vîolence—Japan—Hîstory. 2. Democracy—Japan—Hîstory. 3. Japan—Polîtîcs and government—1868– ï. Tîtle.

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To my parents, and in memory ofôbācà, and to Pete

Contents

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Acôédgmés

Introduction Pôcà Vôécé  Hsôôgàpcà Péspécvé Vôécé, Vôécé Spécàss, àd Pôcs Vôécé àd Démôcàcy Appôàcés ô Cômpààvé Hsôy Patriots and Gamblers: Violence and the Formation of the Meiji State Shishi:Assàsss, Rébés, Pàôs ShishiLégàcés  é Eày Méj Péôd Bakuto:Oûàs, Rôb Hôôds, Lôcà Léàdés Bakutoàd é Méj Résôàô Bakutoàs Pôcà Vôécé Spécàss: hé Féédôm àd Péôpé’s Rgs Môvémé Violent Democracy: Ruffians and the Birth of Parliamentary Politics Fôm Acvs ô Rûià:Sōshi é 1880s Expôg Vôécé: NàôàsTairiku Rōninàcôss Bôdés Pààméày Pôcs àd é Pôéssôàzàô ôSōshi Sàé Vôécé àd é Sécôd Gééà Eécô Institutionalized Ruffianism and a Culture of Political Violence hé JyūōIngaidanàd ïs Bôssés hé SéyūàIngaidan Pày Pôcs Cûûés ô Vôécé: Yàûzà Bôssés  Dé Pôcs Fascist Violence: Ideology and Power in Prewar Japan Fàscs ïdéôôgés Fàscs Vôécé hé Nàôàs Néxûs  é Méôpôé àd Béyôd Vôécé  é Décé ô é Pôcà Pàés DemocracyReconstructed:ViolenceSpecialistsinthe Postwar Period hé Décé ôSōshiàd é Rémàg ôIngaidanVôécé Vôécé às à Pôcà àd Dscûsvé Wéàpô  Dé Pôcs

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“Bōyôûdà” Rédûx: Yàûzà àd é Côsévàvé Néxûs 1960: hé Apôgéé ô Pôsà Vôécé Spécàss Côdà: Pôcà Vôécé àté 1960

Afterword Vôécé àd Démôcàcy Vôécé, Fàscsm, Màsm Vôécé Spécàss àd Hsôy A Côémpôày Péspécvé ô Vôé Démôcàcy

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Acknowledgments

Té g ô s bôô às,  mày àys, à côàbôàvé édéàvô. Fôm s cépô ô s pûbcàô, s pôjéc às sàpéd àd mpôvéd by côéàgûés àd éds ô àvé àûg, càégéd, àd sûppôéd mé ôvé à ûmbé ô yéàs. ï ôsé mômés é éséàc àd g é sôày, sôméôé ôûd émd mé ô ô mûc s ô s à dàôgûé  ôés. Sô ï àm gàéû ô s ôppôûy ô émémbé, àcôédgé, àd éxpéss my àppécàô ô à ôsé ô épéd màé s bôô béé à  ôésé ôûd àvé béé. ï ôé à éécûà déb ô Adé Gôdô, ôsé àppôàc ô Jàpàésé s- ôy às géày lûécéd my ô. Oy écéy àvé ï cômé ô éàzé jûs ô mûc s bôô élécs s côcés, ôm démôcàcy ô àsà sôy. Aàys ûy égàgéd  my ô, évé é jûggg mày éspôsbés, é às béé à môdé ô bô scôàsp àd àcàdémc czésp. ï àm àsô débéd ô Dàé Bôsmà, ôsé éxpésé  é sôy ô cmé àd éxésvé ôédgé ô Jàpàésé sôcà scôàsp àddéd dép ô sévéà càpés. Hs ôûgû pôvôcàôs àd g éxpécàôs éé écômé éécûà càégés. Fày, ï ôûd ô bé à sôà ô Jàpà éé  ô ô Péé Fôs, ô ôdûcéd mé ô é sûbjéc àd côûés ô bé à ûé méô. Hs csvé qûésôs épéd sôé ûp é éàé pàs ô é màûscp, bû  s s gééôsy ô sp àbôvé à à ï àvé ôg àppécàéd. A éé ômé àdvsés àvé àd à déc mpàc ô s bôô, àvg éàd àd cqûéd s mày éàôs. Oés éé d éôûg ô sàé é déàs àbôû à ô pà ô é màû- scp. Jô Dôé’s éyé ô é bg pcûé àd cômmmé ô cômpààvé s- ôy àvé, ï ôpé, ét à mp éé. Fûjô Yūô às béé à éxàôdày spàg pàé. Hé éûsàsm àd sgs àbôû s ôpc, géss ô pû mé  ôûc  scôàs  Jàpà, àd désé ô àcé dicû qûésôs àvé béé cédby éàég. Amy Sàéy bôûg é éxpésé  Tôûgàà

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