02528nam 22005894a 450 991045087980332120200520144314.01-281-36083-X97866113608320-230-60108-1(CKB)1000000000342638(EBL)307697(OCoLC)182530150(SSID)ssj0000129676(PQKBManifestationID)11152818(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129676(PQKBWorkID)10080275(PQKB)10620140(DE-He213)978-0-230-60108-6(MiAaPQ)EBC307697(Au-PeEL)EBL307697(CaPaEBR)ebr10167491(CaONFJC)MIL136083(EXLCZ)99100000000034263820060419d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrContemporary government reform in Japan[electronic resource] the dual state in flux /Eiji Kawabata1st ed. 2006.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (247 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-53278-9 1-4039-7112-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-215) and index.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; IndexThis 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.JapanPolitics and government1989-JapanEconomic policy1989-Electronic books.320.952Kawabata Eiji999637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450879803321Contemporary government reform in Japan2294650UNINA