The Political Economy of Japanese Society: Internationalization and Domestic Issues / Edition 1

by Banno Junji, Junji Banno, Masataka Banno

Overview

This two-volume book, a revision and translation of a multi-disciplinary research project carried out by the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo, analyzes the Japanese political economy from an historical perspective in order to provide a balanced view between the optimism of the 1980s and the pessimism of the 1990s. Paying particular attention to the changes in Japan's contemporary political economy that have come "from below," the authors consider marginalized social actors such as opposition parties, the aged, and female and foreign workers alongside more mainstream players such as the governing party, large corporations, and labor unions. Finally, the book examines the strong influence of the Japanese political economy on the global economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198280347
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	03/28/1998
Series:	Political Economy of Japanese Society Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Volume 2: Internationalization and Domestic Issues
Part 1: Internationalization
1. Japan as Creditor Nation, Kawai Masahiro
2. The Internationalization of the Japanese Firm: Japanese Working Practices and Indigenous Asian Workplaces, Koike Kazuo
3. Foreign Workers and Immigration Policy, Hirowatari Seigo
4. Economic Co-operation in Place of Historical Remorse: Japanese Post-War Settlements with China, Russia, and Korea in the Context of the Cold War, Wada Haruki
Part 2: Domestic Issues
5. The Feminization of the Labour Market, Osawa Mari
6. The Aging Society, the Family, and Social Policy, Harada Sumitaka
7. The Problem of Land Use and Land Prices, Inamoto Yonosuke
Part 3: Facing the Post-Cold War/Post-Bubble World
8. Employment Relations after the collapse of the Bubble Economy, Nitta Michio
9. The Argument: Explaining the End of the Postwar Party System, Hiwatari Nobuhiro