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Japan’s Agro-Food Sector

The Politics and Economics of Excess Protection

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Albrecht Rothacher

    1. EC Delegation, Tokyo, Japan

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Analysing Japan’s Agro-Food Sector

    • Albrecht Rothacher
    Pages 1-5

  3. Agricultural Development until the Land Reform of 1946

    • Albrecht Rothacher
    Pages 6-23

  4. Social and Economic Change in Japan’s Post-War Agriculture

    • Albrecht Rothacher
    Pages 24-44

  5. Agricultural Cooperatives: the Nokyo System

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    Pages 45-52

  6. The Upstream and Downstream Industries

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    Pages 53-94

  7. Distribution and Consumption

    • Albrecht Rothacher
    Pages 95-107

  8. Farm Politics

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    Pages 108-130

  9. Agricultural Markets and Product Policies

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    Pages 131-160

  10. International Implications

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    Pages 161-184

  11. The Future of Japan’s Agro-Food Sector

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    Pages 185-203

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 204-222
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This book describes the profound structural change in Japan's agriculture from its politically marginalized, economically fragmented, traditional labour-intensive postwar mode of production to its current dual modern shape of a highly capitalized, politically organized and protected sector.

Authors and Affiliations

  • EC Delegation, Tokyo, Japan

    Albrecht Rothacher

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Japan’s Agro-Food Sector

  • Book Subtitle: The Politics and Economics of Excess Protection

  • Authors: Albrecht Rothacher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10303-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Dr Albrecht Rothacher 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-10305-8Published: 01 January 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-10303-4Published: 18 June 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 222

  • Topics: Microeconomics, Industries, Political Science

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