Japan Today

ISBN-13: 9780521643757 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 248 str.

Roger Buckley

Opis

This new edition of Japan Today has been rewritten to take account of Japan's changing fortunes in the 1990s. It describes the recent setbacks in the country's economic and financial sectors and examines the major shifts in the political sphere. Despite the current challenges to Japan's prosperity, this is a remarkable story of postwar resurgence, material progress and social stability.

Recenzje

'So far there has been no reliable introduction to contemporary Japan that one could unhestitatingly recommend and confidently expect students to read. This book fills that gap.' Political Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Reconstruction: the occupation era; 2. Conservatism: political continuity and challenges; 3. Economism: growth and maturity; 4. Minimalism: hesitancy abroad; 5. Stability: social co-operation and change; 6. Malaise: contemporary Japan; 7. Prospects: future challenges.