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200 10$aContemporary Government Reform in Japan $eThe Dual State in Flux /$fby E. Kawabata
205   $a1st ed. 2006.
210  1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2006.
215   $a1 online resource (247 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 08$a9781349532780 
311 08$a1349532789 
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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 1980s. Conceptually, the book presents the dual state as being a fundamental feature of the Japanese political economy that determines government reform dynamics.
606   $aInternational relations
606   $aAsia$xPolitics and government
606   $aEthnology$zAsia
606   $aCulture
606   $aPolitical science
606   $aInternational Relations
606   $aAsian Politics
606   $aAsian Culture
606   $aPolitical Science
615  0$aInternational relations.
615  0$aAsia$xPolitics and government.
615  0$aEthnology
615  0$aCulture.
615  0$aPolitical science.
615 14$aInternational Relations.
615 24$aAsian Politics.
615 24$aAsian Culture.
615 24$aPolitical Science.
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