Poverty, Equality, and Growth: The Politics of Economic Need in Postwar Japan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674009585)

In contrast to the large indigent population in Japan in the 1950s, very few Japanese live in poverty in the 1990s. This text explains the Japanese government's decision to respond to poverty by promoting equality as the basis for a social compromise. Deborah Milly argues that to account for why and how political actors crafted a programme that won acceptance, we must look beyond them and identify how they relied on knowledge and normative arguments.

Author: Deborah J. Milly
ISBN-10: 0674009584
ISBN-13: 9780674009585
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/25/1999
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.38w x 1.03d