Japan's Interventionist State: The Role of the MAFF (Nissan Institute Routledgecurzon Japanaese Studies)

Japan's Interventionist State gives a detailed examination of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and its role in promoting, protecting and preserving the regime of agricultural support and protection. This account is integral to the author's extended and multidimensional explanation for why Japan continues to provide high levels of assistance to its farmers and why it continues to block market access concessions in the WTO and other agricultural trade talks. Japan's Interventionist State Is A Major Study Of One Of Japan's Key Bureaucratic Institutions - The Ministry Of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries (maff). It Highlights The Maff's Significance As An Independent Player In Japan's Agricultural Support And Protection Regime And Explains Why The Maff Seeks To Preserve Its Role As The Principal Agent Of Government Intervention In The Farm Sector. Supporting This Central Explanatory Argument Is A New Theory Of State Intervention Based On Bureaucratic Self-interest.--jacket. 1. Introduction -- 2. Modes And Means Of Government Intervention -- 3. Theorising Government Intervention And Bureaucratic Self-interest -- 4. The Maff -- 5. Modes And Means Of Agricultural Intervention -- 6. Agricultural Intervention And Bureaucratic Self-interest -- 7. Maintaining The Foundations Of Maff Intervention -- 8. The Three Pillars Of Maff Agricultural Policy -- 9. Conclusion. Aurelia George Mulgan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [221]-281) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Contents......Page 12 Preface......Page 15 1 Introduction......Page 18 2 Modes and means of government intervention......Page 28 3 Theorising government intervention and bureaucratic self interest......Page 44 4 The MAFF......Page 64 5 Modes and means of agricultural intervention......Page 81 6 Agricultural intervention and bureaucratic self interest......Page 122 7 Maintaining the foundations of MAFF intervention......Page 146 8 The three pillars of MAFF agricultural policy......Page 185 9 Conclusion......Page 229 Notes......Page 238 English language bibliography......Page 287 Index......Page 300 This book gives a detailed examination of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and its role in promoting, protecting and preserving the regime of agricultural support and protection.