
The Japanese Civil Service and Economic Development
Catalysts of Change
Clarendon Press
Published on 28. September 1995
Book
Hardback
574 pages
978-0-19-828938-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume analyses the way in which the Japanese civil service has contributed to Japan's phenomenally successful economic growth and the lessons that experience may offer for other developing countries. It provides much new information about the structures, functioning, and policymaking activities of the Japanese civil service. In its analysis, emphasises the degree of competitiveness within the Japanese bureaucracy, the extent to which political authority is wielded rather than formal power, and the way in which government policy has encouraged rather that inhibited market forces.
Reviews / Votes
This is a remarkable book. It brings together many of the leading Japanese and American political scientists working on Japan ... there are lessons to be learned from the Japanese experience, positive and negative, and this is probably the best collection of essays available to tease them out. * Times Higher Education Supplement *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1075 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-828938-8 (9780198289388)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Editor
Division Chief for StudiesDivision Chief for Studies, World Bank Economic Development Institute
Professor, Faculty of LawProfessor, Faculty of Law, Kyoto University
Professor, Department of Political ScienceProfessor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin
Job and Gertrud Professor of Japanese Studies, Jackson School of International StudiesJob and Gertrud Professor of Japanese Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington