{"product_id":"understanding-governance-in-contemporary-japan-transformation-and-the-regulatory-state-9781526114716","title":"Understanding Governance in Contemporary Japan:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the transformation of the Japanese state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on two case studies: ICT regulation and antimonopoly regulation after the 1980s, which experienced a disjuncture and significant transformation within the period with approaches embracing competition. In so doing, it reveals the transformation of the state and governance in a Japanese context and presents itself as an example of the new governance school addressing the state, its transformation, and the governance of the political arena in Japanese politics and beyond, setting out a challenge to the established body of pluralist and rational choice literature in Japanese politics. With its comprehensive review and analysis of the theory and development of Japan’s contemporary politics, this book is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as a guidebook for practitioners engaging in policies and businesses relating to Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'To the still small library of books on Japanese public policy in English, Masahiro Mogaki adds a well-focused study of the Japanese state and its core executive in \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Governance in Contemporary Japan\u003c\/i\u003e.'\u003cbr\u003eHajime Isozaki, LSE Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Masahiro Mogaki wants to bring the state back in to the study of Japanese politics. His book refreshingly runs counter to the dominant trends in the subfield that favor the study of electoral politics and civil society. Mogaki turns the debate back to governing elites, state structures, and the rich minutiae of the policymaking process.'\u003cbr\u003eSteven K. Vogel, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Japanese Studies  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Exploring the transformation of the Japanese state since the 1980s, this book contributes to studies of the regulatory state and its governance. Among the many strengths of this book, identifying changes in power relations between multiple actors within the state, and engaging in a wide range of interviews to discover the institutional development of the ICT sector and the JFTC are impressive feats, and noteworthy to anyone who studies public policy, governance theories, and Japan.'\u003cbr\u003eEuisuok Han, \u003ci\u003ePacific Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Conceptualising the Japanese state and governance     \u003cbr\u003e1          Introduction: transformation, governance and the state in the Japanese context\u003cbr\u003e2          The change of governance and regulation      \u003cbr\u003ePart II: Evolving regulation and governance     \u003cbr\u003e3          The evolving core executive in response to burgeoning ICT  \u003cbr\u003e4          Regulatory state transformation with an unusual approach    \u003cbr\u003e5          Piecemeal transformation: anti-monopoly regulation   \u003cbr\u003e6          Breaking the egg shell \u003cbr\u003ePart III: The nature of Japanese governance with the transformation of the state    \u003cbr\u003e7          The regulatory transformation and the core executive           \u003cbr\u003e8          Governance in Japan: the implication of the research\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040982991191,"sku":"9781526114716","price":19.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526114716.jpg?v=1750948486","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-governance-in-contemporary-japan-transformation-and-the-regulatory-state-9781526114716","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}