The changing international context

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The changing international context

edited by Takashi Inoguchi and Daniel I. Okimoto

（The political economy of Japan / [under the general editorship of Yasusuke Murakami and Hugh T. Patrick], v. 2）

Stanford University Press, 1988

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"Published with the assistance of the Japan Foundation"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. [489]-551

Includes indexes

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This is the second of three volumes that constitute a brilliant, state-of-the-art analysis of Japan's phenomenal economic rise, its society, and its place in contemporary world affairs. The papers in these volumes are future-orientated - they raise questions about wher Japan is going as it approaches the twenty-first century and offer insights, albeit speculative, about future trends, prospects, and problems. The present volume consists of 14 essays by leading Japanese and American political scientists and economists who analyze the interaction of the Japanese political economy with the increasingly volatile international system. The essays come to grips with several key questions: has the world entered an unstable era of power transition? In what ways is the international system changing? What is Japan's impact on the international system, and in what ways, in turn, is Japan's political economy being shaped by the international environment? Will Japan continue to generate conflicts with other countries as a by-product of its economic performance and its aggressive export and foreign investment orientation? How different is Japan's political economy from those of the United States and Western Eurpe, and are the differences diminishing? Are Japanese policy-making institutions capable of adjusting to increased international pressures to change Japan's foreign and economic policies? Can national differences be accommodated within the international system without giving certain countries (like Japan) 'unfair' advantages?<

Table of Contents

  • Preface by the general editiors Yasusuke Murakami and Hugh T. Patrick
  • Introduction Daniel I. Okimoto and Takashi Inoguchi
  • Part I. The World System: 1. The ideas and structures of foreign policy: looking ahead with caution Takashi Inoguchi
  • 2. From prestige to wealth to knowledge Shumpei Kumon and Akihiko Tanaka
  • 3. U.S. Hegemony: gone or merely diminished, and how does it matter? Bruce Russett
  • 4. Japan and the international monetray regime Koichi Hamada and Hugh T. Patrick
  • 5. Implications of the changing trade regime for U.S.-Japanese relations Robert G. Giplin
  • Part II. Japan in the International System: 6. Japan's international trade and trade policy, 1955-1984 Ryutaro Komiya and Motoshige Itoh
  • 7. Comparative advantage, structural adaptation, and Japanese Gary R. Saxonhouse
  • 8. The internationalization of finance in Japan Yoichi Shinkai
  • Part III. Domestic institutions and policymaking: 9. Japan, Switzerland of the Far East? Peter J. Katzenstein
  • 10. Political inclusivity: the domestic structure of trade Daniel I. Okimoto
  • 11. Japanese politics and foreign policy: elitist democracy within an American greenhouse Donald C. Hellman
  • Part IV. Japan's Emerging World Role: 12. Japan and the United States: prospects for stability Stephen D. Krasner
  • 13. Japan and the ASEAN countries: the evolution of Japan's regional role Charles E. Morrison
  • 14. Japan, the world, and the twenty-first century Kenneth B. Pyle
  • Notes
  • Index of names
  • General index.

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