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Book SynopsisThe Politics of Structural Reforms reveals what Italy and Japan gained and lost through a series of social and industrial reforms in the 1990s and 2000s, and why the changes they made in their policies have had little impact in softening the recent economic crisis.
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Two Decades of Structural Reform and Political Change in Italy and Japan Hideko Magara 2. The Residual Japaneseness of Japanese Corporate Governance Ronald Dore 3. Corporate Governance and Firm Ownership in Italy Antonio M. Chiesi 4. Japan’s Structural Reform in the Age of Economic Globalization: The Politics Coordination and Miscoordination Motoshi Suzuki 5. Italy’s Majoritarian Experiment: Continuities and Discontinuities in Italian Electoral Behaviour between the First and Second Republic Paolo Segatti 6. Party Politics and the Changing Labour Market in Japan Masanobu Ido 7. Labour Market and Inequality Trends in Italy Daniele Checchi 8. Beyond Familialism? Welfare Regime Transformation in Japan Toshimitsu Shinkawa 9. Italy’s Labour Policy and Policy Making in the Crisis: From Distributive Coalitions to the Shadow of Hierarchy Stefano Sacchi Index
