The Political Economy of Japanese Society: Volume 1: The State or the Market? (Political Economy of Japanese Society)

This two-volume book, a revision and translation of a multi-disciplinary research project carried out by the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo, analyzes the Japanese political economy from an historical perspective in order to provide a balanced view between the optimism of the 1980s and the pessimism of the 1990s. Paying particular attention to the changes in Japan's contemporary political economy that have come "from below," the authors consider marginalized social actors such as opposition parties, the aged, and female and foreign workers alongside more mainstream players such as the governing party, large corporations, and labor unions. Finally, the book examines the strong influence of the Japanese political economy on the global economy. Acknowledgements......Page 5 Contents......Page 9 List of Plates......Page 10 List of Figures......Page 11 List of Tables......Page 12 List of Contributors......Page 15 Introduction The Historical Origins of Companyism: From Westernization to Indigenization*......Page 17 PART I Structure......Page 29 Corporate Structure and the Japanese Economy*......Page 31 An Introduction to Japanese Company History: Stability and Change in the Ranking of Large Manufacturing Enterprises*......Page 71 Industrial Relations and the Union Movement*......Page 101 The Weakness of the Contemporary Japanese State*......Page 125 Japanese Companyism and the End of the Cold War*......Page 178 PART II Historical Origins......Page 207 The Social Order of Modern Japan*......Page 209 Labour and Farmers’ Movements in Prewar Japan*......Page 253 The Wartime Institutional Reforms and Transformation of the Economic System*......Page 293 Notes......Page 319 Index......Page 363 A revision and translation of the 7 vol. ed. published 1991-1992 by the University of Tokyo Press. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. v. 1. The state of the market? -- v. 2. Internationalization and domestic issues