The great transformation of Japanese capitalism
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The great transformation of Japanese capitalism
(The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series)
Routledge, 2014
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- Other Title
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La grande transformation du capitalisme japonais (1980-2010)
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  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
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Note
Originally published in French in 2011 by Presses de Sciences Po
Bibliography: p. [162]-186
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the 1980s the performance of Japan's economy was an international success story, and led many economists to suggest that the 1990s would be a Japanese decade. Today, however, the dominant view is that Japan is inescapably on a downward slope. Rather than focusing on the evolution of the performance of Japanese capitalism, this book reflects on the changes that it has experienced over the past 30 years, and presents a comprehensive analysis of the great transformation of Japanese capitalism from the heights of the 1980s, through the lost decades of the 1990s, and well into the 21st century.
This book posits an alternative analysis of the Japanese economic trajectory since the early 1980s, and argues that whereas policies inspired by neo-liberalism have been presented as a solution to the Japanese crisis, these policies have in fact been one of the causes of the problems that Japan has faced over the past 30 years. Crucially, this book seeks to understand the institutional and organisational changes that have characterised Japanese capitalism since the 1980s, and to highlight in comparative perspective, with reference to the 'neo-liberal moment', the nature of the transformation of Japanese capitalism. Indeed, the arguments presented in this book go well beyond Japan itself, and examine the diversity of capitalism, notably in continental Europe, which has experienced problems that in many ways are also comparable to those of Japan.
The Great Transformation of Japanese Capitalism will appeal to students and scholars of both Japanese politics and economics, as well as those interested in comparative political economy.
Table of Contents
Preface Foreword: From 'Japanophilia' to Indifference? Three decades of research on contemporary Japan Introduction: Seven Japanese Lessons on the Diversity of Capitalism and its Future 1. Thirty Years of Neo-Liberal Reforms in Japan 2. Is this the End of the J-Model of the Firm? 3. Is Japanese capitalism still coordinated? 4. What is the Nature of the Japanese Social Compromise Today? 5. Which education system in a neoliberal world? 6. Is convergence towards the Silicon Valley model the only way for the Japanese innovation system? 7. Should Japanese capitalism adapt itself to globalization? Conclusion
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