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The Foundation of Japanese Power

Continuities, Changes, Challenges

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  • © 1990

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  1. William R. Nester

    1. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-8

  3. Japan’s Development ‘Miracles’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Governing Triad: Models of Development and Policy-making

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      Pages 11-32

    3. The Political Economic Culture

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      Pages 33-55

    4. The Political ‘Miracle’

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      Pages 56-87

    5. The Economic ‘Miracle’

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      Pages 88-112

    6. The Corporate ‘Miracle’

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      Pages 113-134

  4. Japanese Policy-makers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Bureaucracy

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      Pages 137-144

    3. Liberal Democratic Party

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      Pages 145-178

    4. Corporate World

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      Pages 179-199

    5. Political Auxiliaries

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      Pages 200-242

  5. Japan’s Neo-Mercantilist Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Macroeconomic Policies

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      Pages 245-269

    3. Industrial Policy

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      Pages 270-305

    4. Foreign Policy

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      Pages 306-325

  6. Japan and the World into the Twenty-First century: Nationalism or Internationalism?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 327-327
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    2. Psycho-Social Internationalism or Nationalism?

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      Pages 329-357

    3. Economic Internationalization or Nationalism?

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      Pages 358-389
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In the last decade Japan has replaced the United States as the financial and technological leader over the world economy. Japan's economic power is vast and growing. The world's ten largest banks and 315 of the world's 1,000 largest corporations are Japanese. Japan leads in 25 of 34 technologies essential for leadership in the post-industrial world. Tokyo has used its immense economic power to force foreign governments to concede trade advantages which further fuel Japan's economic dynamism and hegemony. This book provides an in depth understanding of the sources and consequences of Japan's vast economic and political power. It analyzes the changes and continuities in the basis of Japan's economic and political power, and reveals how Tokyo uses its power to overcome past, present and future challenges.

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  • School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

    William R. Nester

About the author

William Nester is the author of more than thirty books on international relations, military history, and the nature of power. He is a Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at St. John s University in New York, USA.

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