Japan's managed globalization : adapting to the twenty-first century / / Ulrike Schaede, William Grimes, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815789903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-317-46687-X; 1-317-46688-8; 0-7656-0952-5; 1-315-70311-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GrimesWilliam W; SchaedeUlrike <1962->
• Disciplina: 337.52
• Soggetti: Globalization - Economic aspects - Japan; Japan Economic conditions 1989-; Japan Economic policy 1989-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "An East Gate Book."; First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Introduction""; ""1. Introduction: The Emergence of Permeable Insulation""; ""2. Japanese Policy Making in a World of Constraints""; ""Part II: International Political Economy and Permeable Insulation""; ""3. Internationalization as Insulation: Dilemmas of the Yen""; ""4. Sword and Shield: The WTO Dispute Settlement System and Japan""; ""5. Adjustment Through Globalization: The Role of State FDI Finance""; ""6. Integrated Production in East Asia: Globalization without Insulation?""""Part III: Domestic Political Economy and Permeable Insulation""; ""7. METI and Industrial Policy in Japan: Change and Continuity""; ""8. Industry Rules: From Deregulation to Self-Regulation""; ""9. Changing Japanese Corporate Governance""; ""Part IV: Conclusion""; ""10. Permeable Insulation and Japan's Managed ; Globalization""; ""About the Editors and Contributors""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: As Japan moves from a ""catch-up"" strategy to a post-developmental stage, it is changing its actions and reactions both in terms of international political economy and domestic policy issues. The current changes in Japan can best be understood as following a path toward ""permeable insulation."" Japan's government and economic system continue to insulate domestic businesses from full competition and the rigor of market forces, but this insulation is also permeable because a decline in state power vis-a-vis the private sector since the 1990s has combined with a decline in the solidarity of pri