Globalization and the politics of institutional reform in Japan
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Globalization and the politics of institutional reform in Japan
Edward Elgar, c2016
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-242) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Globalization and the Politics of Institutional Reform in Japan illuminates Japan's contemporary and historical struggle to adjust policy and the institutional architecture of government to an evolving global order. This focused and scholarly study identifies that key to this difficulty is a structural tendency towards central political command, which reduces the country's capacity to follow a more subtle allocation of authority that ensures political leadership remains robust and non-dictatorial. Thus, Motoshi Suzuki argues that it is essential for a globalizing state to incorporate opposition parties and transgovernmental networks into policy-making processes.
Providing an in-depth analysis of the theories of institutional change, this book introduces readers to a wealth of perspectives and counterarguments concerning analysis of political decision-making and policy adjustment on both the national and international scale. Placing Japanese policy reform in the global context and relating policy reform to leadership's political strategies, the author gives a detailed chronological and analytical overview of Japan's challenging institutional, political and bureaucratic transformations since the Meiji Restoration of the late nineteenth century. Analysis of globalization and policy reform in a non-liberal state, and the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats from an international perspective is included.
For those interested in historical and contemporary Japanese politics from a theoretical perspective, particularly the implications of globalization and the politician-bureaucrat relationship, this is an indispensable resource.
Table of Contents
Contents: PART I THEORY AND HISTORY Introduction 1. Theory of Institutional Reform and Government Structure 2. Empirical Models of Government Structures and International Adjustments 3. Adjustment Struggles Under Pre-World War II International Order 4. Postwar Bureaucratic-Cabinet System and Sectoral Adjustments to the International Order of Embededd Liberalism PART II CONTEMPORARY ANALYSIS 5. Authority Reallocation Under the Neoliberal Global Order - An Overview 6. Council Politics for Regulatory Reforms on Corporate Governance and Labor Relations 7. Issue-Dimensional Politics for Trade Liberalization 8. Crisis Politics for Banking Regulation Reform 9. Political Leadership Under the Global Neoliberal Order Bibliopgraphy Index
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