{"product_id":"ruffians-yakuza-nationalists-9780801447204","title":"Ruffians Yakuza Nationalists","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolence and democracy may seem fundamentally incompatible, but the two have often been intimately and inextricably linked. In \u003ci\u003eRuffians, Yakuza, Nationalists\u003c\/i\u003e, Eiko Maruko Siniawer argues that violence has been embedded in the practice of modern...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGamblers, ruffians, thugs, and yakuza have left a major imprint on contemporary Japanese politics and political style, and Siniawer tells their story well.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this important work, Eiko Maruko Siniawer argues very convincingly that violence, especially political violence, was a pervasive, highly influential, and nearly continuous force in Japan between the late Tokugawa age and the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e * Japanese Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiniawer's essential contention—that violence was a systemic, continuous feature of politics, which exerted a major impact on the nature of Japanese democracy—is demonstrated convincingly. Scholars inclined to emphasize the 'brighter side’ of Japan’s modern history may find this work troublesome. And that is a good thing.\u003c\/p\u003e * Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Political Violence in Historiographical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Violence, Violence Specialists, and Politics\u003cbr\u003e Violence and Democracy\u003cbr\u003e Approaches to Comparative History\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Patriots and Gamblers: Violence and the Formation of the Meiji State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShishi:\u003c\/i\u003e Assassins, Rebels, Patriots\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShishi \u003c\/i\u003eLegacies in the Early Meiji Period\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBakuto\u003c\/i\u003e: Outlaws, Robin Hoods, Local Leaders\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBakuto\u003c\/i\u003e and the Meiji Restoration\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBakuto\u003c\/i\u003e as Political Violence Specialists: The Freedom and People's Rights Movement\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Violent Democracy: Ruffians and the Birth of Parliamentary Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Activist to Ruffian: \u003ci\u003eSoshi\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1880s\u003cbr\u003e Exporting Violence: Nationalist \u003ci\u003eTairiku Ronin\u003c\/i\u003e across Borders\u003cbr\u003e Parliamentary Politics and the Professionalization of \u003ci\u003eSoshi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e State Violence and the Second General Election\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Institutionalized Ruffianism and a Culture of Political Violence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Jiyuto \u003ci\u003eIngaidan\u003c\/i\u003e and Its Bosses\u003cbr\u003e The Seiyukai \u003ci\u003eIngaidan\u003c\/i\u003e in Party Politics\u003cbr\u003e Cultures of Violence: Yakuza Bosses in Diet Politics\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Fascist Violence: Ideology and Power in Prewar Japan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fascist Ideologies\u003cbr\u003e Fascist Violence\u003cbr\u003e The Nationalist Nexus in the Metropole and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e Violence in the Decline of the Political Parties\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Democracy Reconstructed: Violence Specialists in the Postwar Period\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Decline of \u003ci\u003eSoshi\u003c\/i\u003e and the Remaking of \u003ci\u003eIngaidan\u003c\/i\u003e Violence\u003cbr\u003e Violence as a Political and Discursive Weapon in Diet Politics\u003cbr\u003e \"Boryokudan\" Redux: Yakuza and the Conservative Nexus\u003cbr\u003e 1960: The Apogee of Postwar Violence Specialists\u003cbr\u003e Coda: Political Violence after 1960\u003cb\u003eAfterword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Violence and Democracy\u003cbr\u003e Violence, Fascism, Militarism\u003cbr\u003e Violence Specialists and History\u003cbr\u003e A Contemporary Perspective on Violent Democracy\u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405132046679,"sku":"9780801447204","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801447204.jpg?v=1730488817","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ruffians-yakuza-nationalists-9780801447204","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}