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Considering the nature of the Japanese people to be fundamentally that of ‘Don Peasant’, we have tried to understand the ways in which its special characteristics are revealed. I would like to return to the puzzle I presented at the beginning of the book: despite the fact that there was no sign of misgovernment, why did the Fukuda Cabinet give way to the Ohira Cabinet?
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Watanabe, S. (1989). The Politics of Envy. In: The Peasant Soul of Japan. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20242-3_9
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