Japan at a Deadlock
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 261 pages
978-1-349-41154-2 (ISBN)
Description
When Professor Morishima's book Why has Japan 'Succeeded'? (1982) was published, Japan was still a country of 'capitalism from above'. For the past ten years the country's economy has faltered and declined. It is turning towards 'capitalism from below' despite Japan's weak democracy. This directional change is investigated through a variety of standpoints, using an in-depth knowledge of the Japanese ethos, national history, educational background, as well as the sociology of the Japanese economy and business world. The author offers a long-term forecast for the future of Japan.
Reviews / Votes
'Morishima casts his intellectual net broadly. He probes social, cultural and economic factors for answers to the dual enigma of Japan's earlier vitality and its current stagnation. In doing so, he accomplishes the unusual feat of both seeing how organizations and individuals actually behave, and presenting analytic concepts with practical explanatory value.' - Kent E. Calder, Japan Quarterly
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
X, 261 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
349 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-41154-2 (9781349411542)
DOI
10.1057/9780230512160
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Japan at a Deadlock
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Person
MICHIO MORISHIMA is the former Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and works at STICERD attached to the LSE. He is the General Editor of the Macmillan series of the
Classics in the History and Development of Economics
. His previous publications include
Why Has Japan `Succeeded'?
, as well as volumes on general economic theory, the history of economic thought and the socio-economic aspects of the development of Japan.
Content
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Ideology and Economic Activity: An International Comparison Transformation from Feudalism to Capitalism in Japan Japanese Financial System: Its Solidarity and Vulnerability Japanese Enterprise as Private Sector Bureaucracy Severe Wage Differentials Persisting in Japan Agony towards Capitalism from Below A Perspective on Japan in the Coming Century Notes Bibliography Index