03455nam 22006614a 450 991095838620332120251116175635.01-135-78905-31-135-78906-11-280-05686-X0-203-22047-110.4324/9780203220474 (CKB)1000000000251186(EBL)181180(OCoLC)826853500(SSID)ssj0000300695(PQKBManifestationID)11232948(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300695(PQKBWorkID)10258637(PQKB)10451380(MiAaPQ)EBC181180(Au-PeEL)EBL181180(CaPaEBR)ebr10099421(CaONFJC)MIL5686(OCoLC)647435168(EXLCZ)99100000000025118620020701d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJapan--change and continuity /edited by Javed Maswood, Jeffrey Graham, and Hideaki MiyajimaLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20021 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-86284-3 0-7007-1644-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Japan - Change and Continuity; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Much ado about nothing? The limited scope of political reform in Japan; 3 Regulatory reforms in Japan: issues and prospects; 4 Reforming Japanese banks and the financial system; 5 Changes in the J-type firm: from bank-centred governance to internal governance; 6 Continuity and change in Japanese human capital formation; 7 Changing environmental policy agendas: Japan's approach to international environmental problems8 Crusaders of the lost archipelago: the changing relationships between environmental NGOs and government in Japan9 Immigration and citizenship in contemporary Japan; 10 The reformatting of Japan for the people: science, technology and the new economy; 11 Japanese 'Education Reform': the plan for the twenty-first century; 12 Conclusion; IndexJapan is currently undergoing many interesting changes, which the Japanese government trumpets as fundamental reform, but which some observers suspect will turn out to be superficial, part of a long sequence of changes which have been much less far-reaching than at first anticipated. This book provides a survey of the many changes currently in progress in Japan, including political reform, economic deregulation and liberalisation, and reforms to environmental policy, science and technology, education, and immigration policy. The essays in this volume explore the reform process in Japan overallPolitical planningJapanJapanPolitics and government1989-JapanEconomic policy1989-JapanSocial policyPolitical planning320/.6/095209049Maswood Syed Javed750660Graham Jeffrey1874736Miyajima Hideaki1874737MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958386203321Japan--change and continuity4485462UNINA