Reasonable Men, Powerful Words: Political Culture and Expertise in Twentieth-Century Japan

by Laura Hein

Reasonable Men, Powerful Words traces the development of political culture in twentieth-century Japan through a social and intellectual biography of six Japanese economists who influenced national political life in significant ways. The global ascendance of social scientists is one of the defining characteristics of modernity. They dedicated themselves to an extraordinary range of public policies, including eliminating poverty, reducing disparities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243471
• ISBN13: 9780520243477
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"