LEADER 03459oam 2200661I 450 001 9910451330003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-78906-1 010 $a1-280-05686-X 010 $a0-203-22047-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203220474 035 $a(CKB)1000000000251186 035 $a(EBL)181180 035 $a(OCoLC)826853500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000300695 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232948 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300695 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258637 035 $a(PQKB)10451380 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC181180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL181180 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099421 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5686 035 $a(OCoLC)647435168 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000251186 100 $a20180331d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJapan--change and continuity /$fedited by Javed Maswood, Jeffrey Graham, and Hideaki Miyajima 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-86284-3 311 $a0-7007-1644-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 problems 327 $a8 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; Index 330 $aJapan 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 overall 606 $aPolitical planning$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aJapan$xEconomic policy$y1989- 607 $aJapan$xSocial policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical planning 676 $a320/.6/095209049 701 $aMaswood$b Javed$0692225 701 $aGraham$b Jeffrey$0889216 701 $aMiyajima$b Hideaki$0889217 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451330003321 996 $aJapan--change and continuity$91986674 997 $aUNINA