Crisis and compensation: public policy and political stability in japan
Auteur :
Calder, Kent E.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691023380
Date de publication :
21 févr. 1991
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
822 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Why does Japan, with its efficiency-oriented technocracy, periodically adopt welfare-oriented, economically inefficient domestic policies? This book shows that Japanese policymakers respond to threats to the ruling party's preeminence by extending income compensation, entitlements, and subsidies with market-oriented retrenchment.