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Book SynopsisHarvesting State Support provides an analytical focus on the local implementation and interpretation of the agricultural reform process in Japan.
Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Abbreviations Foreword Acknowledgments Part One: Introduction: Institutional Change in Japan’s Agricultural Sector 1. Japan’s Agricultural Support and Protection Regime 2. Toward a Local Perspective on Gradual Institutional Change 3. Institutional Change in Japanese Agricultural Support and Protection through the Local Lens Part Two: Japan’s Agricultural Support and Protection over Time 4. Postwar Evolution of Support and Protection 5. Gradual Change and Increasing Institutional Ambiguity in Agricultural Support and Protection Part Three: Local Agricultural Regimes and Village Institutions 6. Different Local Manifestations of Macro-Level Change 7. Postwar Formation of Local Agricultural Regimes and Village Institutions Part Four: Village Institutions as Dynamic Resources – Local Renegotiation of Agricultural Support and Protection 8. Farmland Consolidation as a Social Process 9. Local Variations of Agricultural Entrepreneurship 10. Hamlet-Based Collective Farming and Village Institutions 11. Boundary Change: Decreasing Prospects for Comprehensive Local Institutional Agency Part Five: Conclusions 12. Renegotiating Japan’s Agricultural Support and Protection 13. Institutional Change through the Local Lens Appendix A: Field Research Appendix B: Interviews Appendix C: Types of Farms in Japan Appendix D: Paddy Field Subsidies Notes References Index
