LABOUR AND POLITICS IN JAPAN: A STUDY OF INTEREST GROUP ATTITUDES AND ACTIVITIES
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 314-337
ISSN: 0022-3816
Since Japanese unionism is relatively young it is rather early to predict the degree to which organized labour will either contribute to or detract from democratic development. There are few outright communists within the dominant labour federation -the General Council of Japanese Trade Unions -but doctrinaire devotion to Marxist dogma, emotional rejection of US leadership &frustration at being unable to win quick econ gains has led many of its leaders to accept communist propaganda & act in a manner that threatens democratic institutions. The federation's radicalism is opposed by the moderate, right-wing Japanese Trade Union Congress & by a number of independent labour org's; & there are indications that Japanese unionism will gradually move toward a more democratic path. Labour's pol'al power & its role as a democratic force are contingent upon the success of efforts to create a united, moderate & broadly-based socialist movement. IPSA.