"This volume analyzes how the Japanese civil service has contributed to Japan's phenomenally successful economic growth, and provides much new information about its structure, function, and policymaking activities. It emphasizes the degree of competitiveness within the Japanese bureaucracy; the extent to which political authority, rather than formal power, is wielded; and the way in which government policy has stimulated market forces. W ..."
"In 1993, wave after wave of scandals led to the collapse of the one-party system in Japan. Since then, reformers have focused more and more on redistributing power from the highly centralized national government to regional and municipal administrations, just as the United States and other countries around the world move toward increased local autonomy, block grants, and decentralization. But are local entities ready for the new respons ..."
"This book examines the evolution of intergovernmental relations in postwar Japan. These relations are shown to be both complex and dynamic, and the Japanese model is revealed as one in which aspects of both central control and local autonomy have co-existed with the balance shifting gradually over time towards the latter. The Japanese system has helped to maintain broad-based economic growth since it has at its core a strongly egalitari ..."
Local Power in the Japanese State (Hardback) by MichioMuramatsu Hardcover, 210 Pages, Published 2021 by University Of California Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-520-36181-2, ISBN: 0-520-36181-4
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ribāpūru . ” Hō to seiji , vol . 37 , no . 3 . Kato Tomiko . 1985. Toshi keiei jichi e no
tenkan - seisaki keisei to jumin sanka no shinbāko . Gyosei . Kato Yoshitaro .
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"This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact."
"This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical portrait of these twenty-three individuals who helped lead Japan on its road to recovery, its return to the community of nations, and its subsequent prosperity. Each chapter brings out, to varying degrees, the larger political and historical e ..."
" This is a wide-ranging selection of 130 readings in Japanese law. The essays, extracted from previously published books and articles, cover subjects including historical context, the civil law tradition, the legal services industry, dispute resolution, constitutional law, contracts, torts, criminal law, family law, employment law, corporate law, and economic regulation. This unique collection of readings is accompanied by the texts of ..."
" This is a wide-ranging selection of 130 readings in Japanese law. The essays, extracted from previously published books and articles, cover subjects including historical context, the civil law tradition, the legal services industry, dispute resolution, constitutional law, contracts, torts, criminal law, family law, employment law, corporate law, and economic regulation. This unique collection of readings is accompanied by the texts of ..."
"In 1993, wave after wave of scandals led to the collapse of the one-party system in Japan. Since then, reformers have focused more and more on redistributing power from the highly centralized national government to regional and municipal administrations, just as the United States and other countries around the world move toward increased local autonomy, block grants, and decentralization. But are local entities ready for the ne ..."
"Curtis, Gerald (1987): The Japanese Way of Politics, New York: Columbia
University Press. Curtis, Gerald L. (1975): "Big Business and Political Influence,"
in: Ezra F. Vogel (ed.), Modern Japanese Organization and Decision-Making,
Berkeley: University of California Press. Drucker, Peter F. (1975): "Economic
Realities and Enterprise Strategy," in: Ezra F. Vogel (ed.). Modern Japanese
Organization and Decision-Making, Berkeley: Unive ..."