LEADER 04679nam 2200733 a 450 001 996201181803316 005 20230501173636.0 010 $a1-282-75212-X 010 $a9786612752124 010 $a1-4008-2155-X 010 $a1-4008-1226-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400821556 035 $a(CKB)111056486502512 035 $a(EBL)581614 035 $a(OCoLC)681193693 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000227908 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225784 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227908 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269885 035 $a(PQKB)10650699 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000450868 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11346146 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000450868 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10445153 035 $a(PQKB)11720501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581614 035 $a(OCoLC)70759115 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35978 035 $a(DE-B1597)446104 035 $a(OCoLC)979741531 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400821556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035835 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275212 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486502512 100 $a19940401d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe problem of bureaucratic rationality $etax politics in Japan /$fJunko Kato 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (342 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-03451-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-303) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tTables --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Conventions --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER ONE. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: The Framework --$tCHAPTER TWO. Bureaucratic Rationality and Strategic Behavior: Japanese Tax Reform --$tCHAPTER THREE0. Lessons for Bureaucrats: From the Proposal for a Tax Increase in the Late 1970's to Fiscal Reconstruction without a Tax Increase in the Early 1980's --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Reframing the Tax Issue: The Ministry of Finance's Fiscal and Tax Policies in the Early 1980's --$tCHAPTER FIVE. The Tax Reform Proposal in the mid-1980's: Uneasy Cooperation between Prime Minister Nakasone and the Ministry of Finance --$tCHAPTER SIX. The Third Attempt: Introduction of the Consumption Tax and the Securities Trading Scandal --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Bureaucracy, Party, and the Power of Rationality --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tChronology of the Tax Reform Process from 1975 to 1991 --$tIndex 330 $aThrough a detailed account of the political battles over Japanese tax reform during the last two decades, Junko Kato draws an unconventional portrait of bureaucratic motivation, showing how fiscal bureaucrats exploit their unique technical knowledge to influence policymaking. Rejecting the notion that the monopolization of policy expertise leads to bureaucratic domination, Kato contends that bureaucrats seek to increase their influence upon politicians by strategically sharing information. She also explores the reason for the relative strength of the bureaucratic organization in comparison to the governing party, whose interest in reelections and intra-party politics may pose dilemmas for individual politicians.In 1989, the Japanese Diet enacted a broad-based consumption tax after two failed attempts and in the face of widespread public disapproval. Its passage was all the more remarkable for coming just as a series of dramatic financial scandals had begun to undermine popular support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, fore-shadowing its fall from power four years later. Kato argues that skillful maneuvering by the Ministry of Finance, determined to ensure stable long-term revenues, was decisive in persuading a majority of legislators to oppose their constituents in endorsing an unpopular program of tax reform. Her careful analysis of the Japanese case holds important implications for the study of bureaucratic power and public policy in advanced industrial democracies elsewhere in East Asia and the West. 606 $aBureaucracy$zJapan 606 $aCivil service$zJapan 606 $aTaxation$zJapan 615 0$aBureaucracy 615 0$aCivil service 615 0$aTaxation 676 $a354.520072/4 700 $aKato$b Junko$f1961-$0295171 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996201181803316 996 $aThe problem of bureaucratic rationality$92198910 997 $aUNISA