Carmen Schmidt
Nr. 96 (2005) Artikel Article 46–67 {:en}Japan’s Circle of Power: Legitimacy and Integration of a National EliteThe concept of elites must be related to two important dimensions: democratic legitimacy and elite interpenetration as well as the distribution of power within these two dimensions. This paper develops a model for analyzing elites and shows how it can be used to understand the nature of Japan’s leadership. Using a wide range of Who …von by Carmen Schmidt
Nr. 86 (2003) Artikel Article 5–19 {:de}Japan: eine „Gesellschaft der Neuen Masse der Mitte“? Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme substanzieller sozialer UngleichheitsstrukturenAt least since the middle of the 1970’s it is a widespread view among the mainstream of Japanese social sciences to regard Japanese society to be exceptionally equal, distinctively peaceful and uniquely integrated. This view may have deterred sociologists from investigation of social inequalities. The aim of this paper is to make clear the fact …von by Masao Watanabeund and Carmen Schmidt
Nr. 83 (2002) Artikel Article 23–36 {:de}Sozialstrukturelle cleavages, Wählerbindung und politische Repräsentation in JapanBy interpreting the cleavage-theory as a dynamic model of „freezing“ and „unfreezing“ of party systems and voter alignments, this paper tries to focus upon the relevant cleavage structures that conditioned the Japanese post-war party system. After its formation in 1955 it was mainly based upon an economical cleavage rooted in the conflict between capital and …von by Carmen Schmidt