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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816865603321

Autore

Kawabata Eiji

Titolo

Contemporary government reform in Japan : the dual state in flux / / Eiji Kawabata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36083-X

9786611360832

0-230-60108-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

320.952

Soggetti

Japan Politics and government 1989-

Japan Economic policy 1989-

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 (p. [193]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Japanese Government Reform from a Comparative Perspective; 2 The Politics of the Dual State; 3 The Dual State and Government Reforms; 4 Postal Business: Old Guard Politics Die Hard; 5 Reforms in Transportation: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles; 6 Telecommunications Regulatory Reform: Bureaucracy-Led Liberalization?; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 1980's. Conceptually, the book presents the dual state as being a fundamental feature of the Japanese political economy that determines government reform dynamics.