LEADER 02468nam 22005774a 450 001 9910816865603321 005 20230828234137.0 010 $a1-281-36083-X 010 $a9786611360832 010 $a0-230-60108-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342638 035 $a(EBL)307697 035 $a(OCoLC)182530150 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129676 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152818 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129676 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080275 035 $a(PQKB)10620140 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-60108-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307697 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307697 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167491 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136083 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342638 100 $a20060419d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContemporary government reform in Japan $ethe dual state in flux /$fEiji Kawabata 205 $a1st ed. 2006. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (247 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53278-9 311 $a1-4039-7112-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-215) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aThis 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. 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aJapan$xEconomic policy$y1989- 676 $a320.952 700 $aKawabata$b Eiji$01640065 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816865603321 996 $aContemporary government reform in Japan$93983448 997 $aUNINA