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Japan as-anything but-Number One

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Jon Woronoff
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-9
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction (Appearances Can Be Deceiving)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 11-27

  3. Superior Grades

    1. Japanese-Style Management (Fact or Fiction?)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 29-50

    2. Japanese Companies (The All-Mighty Kaisha)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 51-67

    3. Industrial Policy (Promoting and Meddling)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 69-80

  4. Satisfactory Grades

    1. Economic Progress (Onward If Not Upward)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 81-98

    2. Education (What is Learning?)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 99-123

    3. Crime (Integrating The Criminal Element)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 125-139

  5. Unsatisfactory Grades

    1. Politics (The Japanese Way)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 141-169

    2. Society (Discordant Harmonies)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 171-196

    3. Internationalization (Time To Join The World)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 197-219

  6. Inferior Grades

    1. Quality Of Life (If You Can Call That Quality)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 221-241

    2. Amenities (Be It Ever So Humble)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 243-260

    3. Welfare (What Is There To Be Entitled To?)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 261-272

    4. (Japan As No. 23, Or 57, Or Whatever)

      • Jon Woronoff
      Pages 273-290

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 291-304
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The author attempts to dispel what he believes to be the myth of modern Japan, and finds that it is not the extraordinary success it is frequently claimed to be.

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