One World of Welfare : : Japan in Comparative Perspective / / Gregory J. Kasza.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kasza, Gregory J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 42 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. Anticipatory Modernization: A Comparative Overview of Welfare State Development --; 2. War and Welfare Policy --; 3. Developmental State or Welfare State? A Comparative Analysis of Postwar Welfare Expenditures --; 4. A “Unique Welfare Society”? A Comparative Analysis of Policy Substance --; 5. Area Studies and Policy Research: The Quest for an East Asian Welfare Model --; 6. An Anomaly in the Realm of Welfare Regimes? --; 7. Convergence or Diversity? The Case for International Diffusion --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501726637; 9783110536157
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501726637
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gregory J. Kasza.

One World of Welfare offers a systematic, comparative examination of Japan's welfare policies and a critical assessment of previous research. Gregory J. Kasza rejects the view that the Japanese welfare system is unique; he challenges the nearly universal belief that the postwar Japanese state neglected welfare to promote rapid economic growth; he rejects the claim that there is a regional welfare model in East Asia; and he uses the Japanese case to question the dominant framework for comparative welfare research. The author explores the relevance of both convergence and divergence theories for understanding the Japanese record and spotlights the importance of international influences on the timing and content of Japan's welfare policies.This book offers a fresh comparative template for research on Japanese public policy. Case studies of Japan have often exaggerated its distinctiveness. Comparative research documents points of similarity as well as difference; it unearths the foreign models that have swayed Japan's policymakers; and it reveals what others might learn from Japan's experience. Most of the welfare challenges that Japan has faced over the last century have resembled those confronting other nations, and the Japanese have often patterned their welfare policies after those of Western countries. Japan's welfare system must be understood within a broader pattern of global policy diffusion.