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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812260103321

Autore

Tabb William K

Titolo

The postwar Japanese system : cultural economy and economic transformation / / William K. Tabb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-773387-5

0-19-535829-5

1-280-52742-0

1-4294-0595-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

330.952/04

Soggetti

Japan Economic conditions

Japan Economic conditions 1945-1989

Japan Economic conditions 1989-

Japan Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-397) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. From Garbagne to the Coast of Bohemia, or, Assume a Japan; 2. Competition, Culture, and the Economy; 3. The Modernization Process; 4. The Japanese System in the Golden Age; 5. The Case of the Automobile Industry; 6. The Industrial Relations Regime; 7. Capital Versus the Regions; 8. Over accumulation, Speculation, and Corruption; 9. Trade Antagonism and Industrial Policy; 10. Economic Transformation and the World System; 11. Japan and the New Competition; 12. Through a Rashomon Mirror Darkly; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A critical examination of Japan's recent economic success, which places the country's post-war "miracle" within a broader social and political framework. It argues that the political and social arrangements that allowed Japan to succeed are now eroding.