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 a...

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Other Authors: Glenn D.Hook (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2005.
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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 1 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.