IGNOU HISTORY NOTES : History Of China and Japan (1840-1949) - Rise of Political Parties


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History Of China and Japan (1840-1949)

Rise of Political Parties


Structure

22.0 Objectives
22.1 Introduction '
22.2 Constitutional Government Under Meiji Oligarchy
22.2.1 Formation of Political Partiea
22.2.2 Interest Groups and Political Parties
22.3 Formation of the Communist Party
22.4 Party Cabinet System
22.5 Decline of Political Parties
22.5.1 External and Internal Factors
22.5.2 Tbe National Defence State
22.6 Let Us Sum Up
22.7 Key Words
22.8 Answers to Check Your Progress Exercises

22.0 OBJECTIVES

In this Unit you will be able to know:

  • how political associations formed after the Restoration evolved into political parties,
  • about the formation of parties and their position within the constitution,
  • the relationship between political parties and the Meiji o~cbic and bureaucratic cliques,
  • about the growth and decline of party government, and
  • the nature of political democracy.in pre-war Japan.

22.1 INTRODUCTION

Any discussion of the rise of political parties" in Japan after World War I has to start
by considering the processes which led to the creation of political parties and the
relationships that were formed between the parties and other politically powerful
groups. This is necessary because these relationships determined the strength and
limitations of the constitutional system which was developed in Japan. Thus, this Unit
focuses on the reasons leading to the formation of political parties and the position
these parties occupied in the state structure. 

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