This book examines several major reforms in Japan – in the postal business, transportation, telecommunications and technology – and evaluates the impact of these changes since the early 1980s. Conceptually, the book presents the dual state as being a fundamental feature of the Japanese political economy that determines government reform dynamics.
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Introduction: Japan’s Struggling Government Reform PART I: THE POLITICS OF GOVERNMENT REFORM Government Reform in Comparative and Historical Perspective The Politics of the Dual State The Dual State and Government Reform PART II: THE POLITICS OF DISTRIBUTIVE NETWORKS Postal Business: Old Guard Politics Die Hard Transportation: Highways, Railways, and Airways PART III: THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENTAL NETWORKS Telecommunications Regulatory Reform: Bureaucracy-led Liberalization? Communications Technology Promotion: Vanguard Policy by Old-Guard MinistryDespre autor
EIJI KAWABATA is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Minnesota State University, USA.
Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 230 ● ISBN 9780230601086 ● Mărime fișier 1.8 MB ● Editura Palgrave Macmillan US ● Oraș New York ● Țară US ● Publicat 2006 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 2306624 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor DRM social