Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan /

Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan / / ed. by Gary D. Allinson, Yasunori Sone.

Rising affluence, social fragmentation, and international participation have wrought subtle but important changes in Japanese politics. Political resources have expanded, political coalitions have become more fluid, and political disputes have become more vigorously contested. In this book six Ameri...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Allinson, Gary D.,
Kume, Ikuo,
Mabuchi, Masaru,
McCall Rosenbluth, Frances,
McKean, Margaret A.,
Mochizuki, Mike,
Muramatsu, Michio,
Otake, Hideo,
Schwartz, Frank,
Sone, Yasunori,
Tsujinaka, Yutaka,
Upham, Frank,
HerausgeberIn:
Allinson, Gary D.,
Sone, Yasunori,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©1993
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 8 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Tables and Figures
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Analyzing Political Change: Topics, Findings, and Implications
  • PART ONE. STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF JAPAN'S DYNAMIC POLITY
  • Introduction
  • 1. Citizenship, Fragmentation, and the Negotiated Polity
  • 2. Patterned Pluralism under Challenge: The Policies of the 1980s
  • 3. State Strength and the Public Interest
  • PART TWO. NEGOTIATING FINANCIAL REFORM
  • Introduction
  • 4. Financial Deregulation and Interest Intermediation
  • 5. Deregulation and Legalization of Financial Policy
  • PART THREE. NEGOTIATING LABOR'S ROLE
  • Introduction
  • 6. A Tale of Twin Industries: Labor Accommodation in the Private Sector
  • 7. Public Sector Labor and the Privatization Challenge: The Railway and Telecommunications Unions
  • 8. Rengo and Its Osmotic Networks
  • PART FOUR. SITES AND MODES OF NEGOTIATION
  • Introduction
  • 9. Of Fairy Cloaks and Familiar Talks: The Politics of Consultation
  • 10. The Rise and Retreat of a Neoliberal Reform: Controversies over Land Use Policy
  • 11. Privatizing Regulation: The Implementation of the Large-Scale Retail Stores Law
  • Conclusion: Structuring Political Bargains: Government, Gyokai, and Markets
  • Index

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