Japan: Who Governs? -- The Rise of the Developmental State
by Chalmer Johnson
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393037398
- ISBN 13
- 9780393037395
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About This Item
Second printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", is bound in quarter black cloth and red paper-covered boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows light shelfwear. Black marker marking appears on top edge of text block. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket exhibits light shelfwear. 384 pages.
"Japan is the world's richest country in terms of per capita income. Even during a recession the country is in the black. Japan's school system produces a blue-collar work force possessing skills that come only with a college degree in most Western countries. Its pension and health delivery systems are efficient and relatively inexpensive, and its unemployment rate half that of the United States and Germany. This text suggests that the reasons for Japan's success lie in its "capitalist development state", an economic system in which public service is highly valued, where state bureaucracy attracts the best young minds and where "guidance" by the state is both accepted and ubiquitous. The book examines why such a system thrives as it moves from a producer-dominated economy to a consumer-orientated headquarters for all of East Asia."
"Japan is the world's richest country in terms of per capita income. Even during a recession the country is in the black. Japan's school system produces a blue-collar work force possessing skills that come only with a college degree in most Western countries. Its pension and health delivery systems are efficient and relatively inexpensive, and its unemployment rate half that of the United States and Germany. This text suggests that the reasons for Japan's success lie in its "capitalist development state", an economic system in which public service is highly valued, where state bureaucracy attracts the best young minds and where "guidance" by the state is both accepted and ubiquitous. The book examines why such a system thrives as it moves from a producer-dominated economy to a consumer-orientated headquarters for all of East Asia."
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- Bookseller
- Palimpsest Scholarly Books (US)
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- Title
- Japan: Who Governs? -- The Rise of the Developmental State
- Author
- Chalmer Johnson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393037398
- ISBN 13
- 9780393037395
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Economy
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