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The Power of the Bureaucracy: The Continuing Saga

In: Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy

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  • Susan Carpenter

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The period 1945 to 1952 is commonly referred to as the Allied Occupation. The occupying countries were the United States, Great Britain and Australia. Great Britain and Australia sent few troops compared to those from the United States, which commandeered the Occupation under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP). The objectives of the Occupation were three-fold: Japan’s demilitarization and democratization; the purging of war criminals; and Japan’s economic resuscitation.1 SCAP issued orders for the composition of a liberal constitution that included the right of women to vote, the right of labour unions to organize and the liberalization of the educational system. The Socialist and Communist parties that had been banned during the war were allowed to reorganize.

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  • Susan Carpenter, 2003. "The Power of the Bureaucracy: The Continuing Saga," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy, chapter 4, pages 60-76, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50878-1_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230508781_4
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