{"product_id":"globalization-and-decentralization-jong-s-jun-9780878406197","title":"Globalization and Decentralization: Institutional Contexts, Policy Issues, and Intergovernmental Relations in Japan and the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the effects of global socio-economic forces on the domestic policies and administrative institutions of Japan and the United States, and it explains how these global factors have shifted power and authority downward from the national government to subnational governments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis major comparative study comprises ten pairs of essays written by leading Japanese and American scholars on parallel public policy issues, institutional patterns, and intergovernmental relations in Japan and the United States, all set in the context of globalization and its impact on decentralization in each country. The twenty contributors and the editors provide new insights into the domestic consequences of global interdependence by examining emerging strategies for dealing with environmental concerns, urban problems, infrastructure investments, financial policies, and human services issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important study of the changing global setting, Globalization and Decentralization emphasizes the innovative and adaptive roles played by Japanese and American state, provincial, regional, and local governments in responding to the dramatic economic and political power shifts created by the new world order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jong S. Jun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0878406190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878406197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.98w x 0.87d","brand":"Jong S. Jun","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438033154303,"sku":"9780878406197","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_308c25f7-123b-4601-82e2-b6e73fae4a0a.jpg?v=1777168346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/globalization-and-decentralization-jong-s-jun-9780878406197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}