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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965412403321

Autore

Kawabata Eiji

Titolo

Contemporary Government Reform in Japan : The Dual State in Flux / / by E. Kawabata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611360832

9781281360830

128136083X

9780230601086

0230601081

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

320.952

Soggetti

International relations

Asia - Politics and government

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

Political science

International Relations

Asian Politics

Asian Culture

Political Science

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