TITLE: |
Cartels of the mind : Japan's intellectual closed shop / Ivan P. Hall. |
AUTHOR: |
Hall, Ivan P., 1932- |
PUBLISHED: |
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1998. |
DESCRIPTION: |
208 p. ; 22 cm. |
EDITION: |
1st ed. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Publisher's Weekly |
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Booklist |
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The author discusses what he sees as Japan's deliberate policy of blocking intellectual access to foreign professionals in the areas of law, media, education, and research, and argues that such actions render the country unworthy of its goal of attaining a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. |
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Interest level: Adult |
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Donation from the FSM Embassy Japan, April 2000. |
SUBJECT: |
Japan--Civilization--1945- |
SUBJECT: |
National characteristics, Japanese. |
SUBJECT: |
Japan--Relations--Foreign countries. |
SUBJECT: |
Japan--Civilization. |
SUBJECT: |
Japanese national characteristics. |
SUBJECT: |
Japan--Foreign relations. |