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Returning to the concept of hegemony, we find that they are almost of one accord. Like Cox, Strange rejects the simplicity of neo-realist conceptions of power, arguing that power lies not in a simple numbers game but in the possession of a predominance of power across all four of her structures. Her explicit reference to the realm of ‘ideas’ as a source of power, and her refusal to become seduced by technology as an end in itself rather than as a means to an end give the lie to those who assume that she herself is a member of the realist camp.
Since this was in direct contravention of the SCAP principle that sovereignty reside with the people and was therefore ‘wholly unacceptable as a document of freedom and democracy’, MacArthur instructed Major General Courtney Whitney, the chief of SCAP’s Government Section, to produce a document that incorporated the principles of limited monarchy, renunciation of war, and the abolition of feudalism. 22 Taken at face value there is little doubt that the draft constitution fulfilled all of MacArthur’s requirements.
Laudable as these changes were, serious questions remain as to the quality of democracy that these institutions bestowed upon Japan. 25 Similarly, the Diet and the cabinet system can be criticised on the grounds that there was a considerable degree of continuity of personnel, as noted above, and that the links between the bureaucracy and elected representatives were actually strengthened rather than weakened. Moreover, the fact that the new Constitution was imposed upon the Japanese people at a time when the country was not officially a sovereign nation raises disturbing parallels with the Meiji Constitution, handed down as it was as a ‘gift’ of the emperor.