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Book SynopsisOver the past fifteen years, the United States, Western Europe, and Japan have transformed the relationship between governments and corporations. The changes are complex and the terms used to describe them often obscure the reality. In Freer Markets...
Trade ReviewA simple suggestion: anyone who cares to comment on Japan's commitment to deregulation must first read this book. As Steven Vogel explains,... deregulation comes in many guises.
* Japan Times *
There is growing acceptance of the claim that international market forces have been compelling reluctant governments to deregulate, liberalize, and privatize ever more segments of their domestic economies.... Steven Vogel's refreshing book presents a compelling political challenge to such oversimplifications.
* Comparative Political Studies *
This is undoubtedly the finest comparative study we have of the regulatory reform movement that has spread across the advanced industrial countries over the last decade or so.
* Political Studies *
This masterly work... elevates the reader to a higher stage where he/she can start asking cutting-edge questions about comparative political economy. Rarely does a book leave the reviewer grateful for the opportunity to have looked into an issue so carefully. I welcome this exception.
-- Hiwatari Nobuhiro, University of Tokyo * Social Science Japan Journal *
