Imperial Japan's Higher Civil Service Examinations

Spaulding, Robert M.

doi:10.1515/9781400876235

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“…An exceptional clause of issue no. 37 is particularly important since it exempted Imperial University graduates and selected public and private university graduates with the majors in law, politics, public administration, and economics from the examination (Amano, 2007; Shimizu, 2020; Spaulding, 1967). This exceptional clause increased the number of civil bureaucrats with a higher education.…”

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Elite mobility and continuity during a regime change

Matsumoto

2023

British Journal of Sociology

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How does a regime change influence elite mobility? By collecting data on elites after the Meiji Restoration in Japan in 1868, through which Japan transitioned from a feudal regime to a modern regime, we provide new evidence that the impact of the regime change on elite mobility varies across the stages of the regime change. We analyze the impact of the regime change from two aspects: (1) the composition of elites or elite membership and (2) the internal hierarchy within them. The regime change opened an opportunity for commoners to join the elite group. After the Meiji Restoration, the share of elites whose fathers were commoners in the former regime increased, as did the influence of meritocracy on elite ranks. However, once the new regime was established, the elite hierarchy started to reflect the social stratum of the former regime and the influence of meritocracy declined.

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confidence: 99%