03210nam 22008415 450 991096541240332120240508222754.097866113608329781281360830128136083X9780230601086023060108110.1057/9780230601086(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(Perlego)3508215(EXLCZ)99100000000034263820151126d2006 u| 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrContemporary Government Reform in Japan The Dual State in Flux /by E. Kawabata1st ed. 2006.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2006.1 online resource (247 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349532780 1349532789 9781403971128 1403971129 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 1980s. Conceptually, the book presents the dual state as being a fundamental feature of the Japanese political economy that determines government reform dynamics.International relationsAsiaPolitics and governmentEthnologyAsiaCulturePolitical scienceInternational RelationsAsian PoliticsAsian CulturePolitical ScienceInternational relations.AsiaPolitics and government.EthnologyCulture.Political science.International Relations.Asian Politics.Asian Culture.Political Science.320.952Kawabata Eiji1793675MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965412403321Contemporary Government Reform in Japan4333621UNINA