Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan

Published by Cornell University Press 1993

Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan

Edited by: Gary D. Allinson and Yasunori Sone

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501733147

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Rising affluence, social fragmentation, and international participation have wrought subtle but important changes in Japanese politics. Political resources have expanded, political coalitions have become more fluid, and political disputes have become more vigorously contested. In this book six American and six Japanese specialists join to identify and interpret these changes. They start from the administrative reform movement of the 1980s, which magnified the significance of contests over public and private interests.

Several of the authors examine domestic issues profoundly shaped by the reform movement: deregulation of financial services, privatization and its consequences, reorganization within the labor movement, negotiation of land use polices, and regulation of retail trade. Others adopt a broader perspective to illuminate the nation's shifting policy agenda, the changing role of the state and its relation to public interests, and the historical and socioeconomic context of political change. An approach that acknowledges the pervasiveness and importance of continuous bargaining, they maintain, promises to enhance our understanding of the domestic politics of contemporary Japan.

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The late Gary D. Allinson was Ellen Bayard Weedon Professor of East Asian Studies in the Department of History at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Japan's Postwar History (also from Cornell), The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History, Suburban Tokyo, and Japanese Urbanism.

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Analyzing Political Change: Topics, Findings, and Implications Gary D. Allinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF JAPAN'S DYNAMIC POLITY
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1. Citizenship, Fragmentation, and the Negotiated Polity Gary D. Allinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Patterned Pluralism under Challenge: The Policies of the 1980s Michio Muramatsu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
3. State Strength and the Public Interest Margaret A. McKean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
PART TWO. NEGOTIATING FINANCIAL REFORM
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4. Financial Deregulation and Interest Intermediation Frances McCall Rosenbluth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
5. Deregulation and Legalization of Financial Policy Masaru Mabuchi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
PART THREE. NEGOTIATING LABOR'S ROLE
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6. A Tale of Twin Industries: Labor Accommodation in the Private Sector Ikuo Kume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
7. Public Sector Labor and the Privatization Challenge: The Railway and Telecommunications Unions Mike Mochizuki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
8. Rengo and Its Osmotic Networks Yutaka Tsujinaka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
PART FOUR. SITES AND MODES OF NEGOTIATION
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9. Of Fairy Cloaks and Familiar Talks: The Politics of Consultation Frank Schwartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
10. The Rise and Retreat of a Neoliberal Reform: Controversies over Land Use Policy Hideo Otake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
11. Privatizing Regulation: The Implementation of the Large-Scale Retail Stores Law Frank Upham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Conclusion: Structuring Political Bargains: Government, Gyokai, and Markets Yasunori Sone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Illustrations
- Other: 8 halftones
Keywords: Political Science & Political History; Asian Studies

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Published: January 24, 2019
ISBN: 9781501733147