Energy Politics and Schumpeter Dynamics: Japan's Policy Between Short-Term Wealth and Long-Term Global Welfare

ISBN-13: 9784431669296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 394 str.

J. Nitsch

Opis

Japan is a country lacking her own energy sources and other natural resource . Still, over the 4 decades since the end of World War II, she has achieved considerable economic development, a fact which highlights the success of the policies implemented by the government and their acceptance by the well matured Japanese society. At present, the world is confronted with serious environmental problems, for example, the consumption of large amounts of energy that leads to in creases in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels anq subsequent global warming. After the oil crisis in the 1970s, Japan strove to reduce energy consumption, and achieved significant improvements in production efficiency in industry and in the air conditioning of homes. Another example of her success is in the automobile industry, where Japanese automobiles enjoy a good reputation for fuel efficiency. Japan has shown that environmental protection and economic development can be accomplished simultaneously, although the problems have not been solved completely. There are many areas that require further study. In this book, Dr. Helmar Krupp describes how society is organized to form a system. Then, in a unique and interesting turn, he tries to analyze the indus trial development using Schumpeter's theory. Subsequently, many leaders in the field of energy policy in Japan discuss the issues involved from a variety of viewpoints."

Recenzje

"Krupp succeeds in posing vividly many of the technological, economic, and political "balancing acts" in which Japanese technocrats and political leaders are engaged, and in conveying the excitement of the chase together with the horror of its possible (nay, probable) disastrous denouement in the large-scale eco-mess." - Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Spis treści

Synopsis.- 1 — Introduction.- 2 — Society as a System.- 3 — Schumpeter Dynamics of Innovation.- 4 — Historical and Future Paradigms of Economic Development.- 5 — Systemic Societal Change.- 6 — Summarizing Outlook.- 7 — Energy in Japan.- 8 — Basic Definitions and Facts Related to Energy.- 9 — The Case of Japan and a German Reference Scenario.- 10 — Conclusion.- The Authors.