Japan--change and continuity / / edited by Javed Maswood, Jeffrey Graham, and Hideaki Miyajima

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451330003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-135-78906-1; 1-280-05686-X; 0-203-22047-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MaswoodJaved; GrahamJeffrey; MiyajimaHideaki
• Disciplina: 320/.6/095209049
• Soggetti: Political planning - Japan; Electronic books.; Japan Politics and government 1989-; Japan Economic policy 1989-; Japan Social policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Japan - Change and Continuity; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Much ado about nothing? The limited scope of political reform in Japan; 3 Regulatory reforms in Japan: issues and prospects; 4 Reforming Japanese banks and the financial system; 5 Changes in the J-type firm: from bank-centred governance to internal governance; 6 Continuity and change in Japanese human capital formation; 7 Changing environmental policy agendas: Japan's approach to international environmental problems; 8 Crusaders of the lost archipelago: the changing relationships between environmental NGOs and government in Japan9 Immigration and citizenship in contemporary Japan; 10 The reformatting of Japan for the people: science, technology and the new economy; 11 Japanese 'Education Reform': the plan for the twenty-first century; 12 Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Japan is currently undergoing many interesting changes, which the Japanese government trumpets as fundamental reform, but which some observers suspect will turn out to be superficial, part of a long sequence of changes which have been much less far-reaching than at first anticipated. This book provides a survey of the many changes currently in progress in Japan, including political reform, economic deregulation and liberalisation, and reforms to environmental policy, science and technology, education, and immigration policy. The essays in this volume explore the reform process in Japan overall