Contested Governance in Japan Sites and Issues

Contested Governance in Japan extends the analysis of governance in contemporary Japan by exploring both the sites and issues of governance above and below the state as well as within it. This volume discusses the contested nature of governance in Japan and the ways in which a range of actors are in...

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Main Author Hook, Glenn D
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 2005
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesThe University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series
Subjects
Global Governance
Globalization
Governance
Japan
Japanese Studies
Long Term Care Insurance
Clean Government Party
External Board Members
Livelihood Protection
political
FTA Negotiation
Gender Equal Society
Civil Society
japanese
Prefectural Assembly
democratic
LDP
Large Scale Corporate Restructuring
Long Term Care Insurance Law
Housekeeping Books
East Asian Political Economy
Single Member Districts
Japan Mexico Free Trade Agreement
Subnational Political Authorities
Independent Governors
economy
Tanaka Yasuo
Japanese Governance
West Germany
Household Economy Management
Japanese Political Economy
corporate
MITI
International Human Rights Regimes
asahi
shimbun
party
liberal
policymakers
East Asian Governance
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Note on the text -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Part I Sites of governance -- 1 Global governance, the G7/8 summit and Japan -- 2 Japan's role in emerging East Asian governance -- 3 Governance, democracy and the political economy of the Japanese state -- 4 Local governance -- 5 Governance, globalization and the Japanese .nancial system -- 6 Koizumi's 'robust policy' -- Part II Issues of governance -- 7 Japan and global environmental governance -- 8 Governance, Asian migrants and the role of civil society -- 9 Corruption and governance in Japan -- 10 Whose problem? -- 11 The political economy of Japanese 'corporate governance' -- 12 Governance through the family -- Index