CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I. REGIMES-DIVERGENT APPROACHES TO POSTWAR STABILITY
6. 1. Patterns of Political Economy: A Range of Regimes 19
7. 2. Japan in the 1960s: Conservative Politics and Economic Growth 42
8. 3. From Chaos to Cohesion: Formation of the Conservative Regime 81
9. PART II. REGIME SHIFTS-ADJUSTMENT, COLLAPSE, AND RECONSTRUCTION
10. 4. Transition and Breakdown: An Era of Reconfigurations 113
11. 5. Japan in the 1990s: Fragmented Politics and Economic Turmoil 136
12. 6. Between Adjustment and Unraveling: Protection and Erosion of the Old Regime 169
13. Conclusion: Regimes in a Changing World Economy 206
14. NOTES 221
15. INDEX 257