Post-war Politics in Japan: Bureaucracy versus the Party/Parties in Power

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Comparative Research on the State and Administration in Germany and Japan: The Framework 1
5. I Macrostructure and Macropolitics
6. Post-war Politics in Japan: Bureaucracy versus the Party/Parties in Power 13
7. From State of Authority to Network State: The German State in Developmental Perspective 39
8. Administrative Reform in Japan: Semi-autonomous Bureaucracy under the Pressure toward a Small Government 63
9. Modernization of the Public Sector and Public Administration in the Federal Republic of Germany – (Mostly) A Story of Fragmented Incrementalism 79
10. II Policy Arenas and Networks – A Comparative Policy Approach
11. Social Policy in Japan: Building a Welfare State in a Conservative One Dominant Party System 107
12. State and Society in German Social Policy: “Path-dependent” Responses to New Challenges 133
13. Financing the Japanese Industries: Industrial Policies of The Financial Ministry and Financial Policies of The Industrial Ministry 157
14. Industrial Policy in Germany: Old Issues and New Challenges 185
15. Cooptation or New Possibility? Japanese Labor Politics in the Era of Neo-Conservatism 221
16. Concerted Cooperation and Immobilism: Labour Policy in Germany and the Regulation of Early Exit 247
17. Three Contentious Issues in the Political Process of Telecommunications Liberalization in Japan: Neglect of Infrastructural Problems? 281
18. III The Governance Structure
19. Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy: Political Intervention and Market Competition in the Distribution System 307
20. Future Perspectives of State and Administration in Japan and Germany 325
21. About the Contributors 347
22. Backmatter 350