The Problem of Bureaucratic Rationality : : Tax Politics in Japan / / Junko Kato.
Through a detailed account of the political battles over Japanese tax reform during the last two decades, Junko Kato draws an unconventional portrait of bureaucratic motivation, showing how fiscal bureaucrats exploit their unique technical knowledge to influence policymaking. Rejecting the notion th...
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Kato, Junko, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Problem of Bureaucratic Rationality : Tax Politics in Japan / Junko Kato. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1994] ©1995 1 online resource (320 p.) : 9 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: The Framework -- CHAPTER TWO. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: Japanese Tax Reform -- CHAPTER THREE0. Lessons for Bureaucrats: From the Proposal for a Tax Increase in the Late 1970s to Fiscal Reconstruction without a Tax Increase in the Early 1980s -- CHAPTER FOUR. Reframing the Tax Issue: The Ministry of Finance's Fiscal and Tax Policies in the Early 1980s -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Tax Reform Proposal in the mid-1980s: Uneasy Cooperation between Prime Minister Nakasone and the Ministry of Finance -- CHAPTER SIX. The Third Attempt: Introduction of the Consumption Tax and the Securities Trading Scandal -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Bureaucracy, Party, and the Power of Rationality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chronology of the Tax Reform Process from 1975 to 1991 -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Through a detailed account of the political battles over Japanese tax reform during the last two decades, Junko Kato draws an unconventional portrait of bureaucratic motivation, showing how fiscal bureaucrats exploit their unique technical knowledge to influence policymaking. Rejecting the notion that the monopolization of policy expertise leads to bureaucratic domination, Kato contends that bureaucrats seek to increase their influence upon politicians by strategically sharing information. She also explores the reason for the relative strength of the bureaucratic organization in comparison to the governing party, whose interest in reelections and intra-party politics may pose dilemmas for individual politicians.In 1989, the Japanese Diet enacted a broad-based consumption tax after two failed attempts and in the face of widespread public disapproval. Its passage was all the more remarkable for coming just as a series of dramatic financial scandals had begun to undermine popular support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, fore-shadowing its fall from power four years later. Kato argues that skillful maneuvering by the Ministry of Finance, determined to ensure stable long-term revenues, was decisive in persuading a majority of legislators to oppose their constituents in endorsing an unpopular program of tax reform. Her careful analysis of the Japanese case holds important implications for the study of bureaucratic power and public policy in advanced industrial democracies elsewhere in East Asia and the West. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Bureaucracy Japan. Civil service Japan. Taxation Japan. HISTORY / Asia / Japan. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package 9783110649680 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691034515 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400821556 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400821556 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400821556.jpg |
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Kato, Junko, Kato, Junko, The Problem of Bureaucratic Rationality : Tax Politics in Japan / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: The Framework -- CHAPTER TWO. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: Japanese Tax Reform -- CHAPTER THREE0. Lessons for Bureaucrats: From the Proposal for a Tax Increase in the Late 1970s to Fiscal Reconstruction without a Tax Increase in the Early 1980s -- CHAPTER FOUR. Reframing the Tax Issue: The Ministry of Finance's Fiscal and Tax Policies in the Early 1980s -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Tax Reform Proposal in the mid-1980s: Uneasy Cooperation between Prime Minister Nakasone and the Ministry of Finance -- CHAPTER SIX. The Third Attempt: Introduction of the Consumption Tax and the Securities Trading Scandal -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Bureaucracy, Party, and the Power of Rationality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chronology of the Tax Reform Process from 1975 to 1991 -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: The Framework -- CHAPTER TWO. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: Japanese Tax Reform -- CHAPTER THREE0. Lessons for Bureaucrats: From the Proposal for a Tax Increase in the Late 1970s to Fiscal Reconstruction without a Tax Increase in the Early 1980s -- CHAPTER FOUR. Reframing the Tax Issue: The Ministry of Finance's Fiscal and Tax Policies in the Early 1980s -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Tax Reform Proposal in the mid-1980s: Uneasy Cooperation between Prime Minister Nakasone and the Ministry of Finance -- CHAPTER SIX. The Third Attempt: Introduction of the Consumption Tax and the Securities Trading Scandal -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Bureaucracy, Party, and the Power of Rationality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chronology of the Tax Reform Process from 1975 to 1991 -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: The Framework -- CHAPTER TWO. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: Japanese Tax Reform -- CHAPTER THREE0. Lessons for Bureaucrats: From the Proposal for a Tax Increase in the Late 1970s to Fiscal Reconstruction without a Tax Increase in the Early 1980s -- CHAPTER FOUR. Reframing the Tax Issue: The Ministry of Finance's Fiscal and Tax Policies in the Early 1980s -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Tax Reform Proposal in the mid-1980s: Uneasy Cooperation between Prime Minister Nakasone and the Ministry of Finance -- CHAPTER SIX. The Third Attempt: Introduction of the Consumption Tax and the Securities Trading Scandal -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Bureaucracy, Party, and the Power of Rationality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chronology of the Tax Reform Process from 1975 to 1991 -- Index |
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