The Japanese Police State: Tokko in Interwar Japan (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Japan)

"This is a specialized study of the organization, ideology and activities of the Japanese Special Higherpolice, the Tokkô notorious in pre-war and wartime years for its harassment of opponents of the government. Within a comparative framework, this book explains the elements of Tokkô brutality and abuses of authority, analyses police traditions and looks at the Tokkô's interactions with other Japanese institutions and the broader sociopolitical climate. Sources include confidential Tokkô documents and interviews with former Tokkô officials. First published in 1990, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Cover Contents Introduction Studies of the police in prewar Japan Studies of the police in general The political and social roles of the police The Tokkô in prewar Japan: factors to consider Totalitarian, fascist or authoritarian The concept of a police state Chapter 1 The suppression of the left The suppression of the Meiji socialist movement The emergence of a new suppression policy The development of the suppression Explanations of the suppression Chapter 2 The police tradition The police tradition from the Meiji period The political police within the police tradition The origins of the police ideology Chapter 3 Rule by law The Tokugawa legacy The Meiji legacy The Peace Preservation Law Rule by law during the 1930s Chapter 4 Professionalism A professional people's police A professional emperor's police Internal divisions Problems of professionalism Chapter 5 The emperor's police ideology Conflict with the Justice Ministry Conflict with the Kenpeitai The origins and functions of the emperor's police ideology Chapter 6 The Japanese police state The domestic context of the Japanese police state The Japanese police state in comparative perspective Appendixes I: The Tokkô chain of command in the 1930s II: Disposition of Peace Preservation Law violations III: Disposition of right wing related cases Notes Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Bibliography Index A B C F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Y