The Japanese Civil Service and Economic Development: Catalysts of Change (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198289388)

This volume analyzes how the Japanese civil service has contributed to Japan's phenomenally successful economic growth, and provides much new information about its structure, function, and policymaking activities. It emphasizes the degree of competitiveness within the Japanese bureaucracy; the extent to which political authority, rather than formal power, is wielded; and the way in which government policy has stimulated market forces. Written by experts in the field, this work will be invaluable to economists and policymakers interested in the Japanese system and in models for developing and transitional economies.

Author: Muramatsu Pempel Kim
ISBN-10: 0198289383
ISBN-13: 9780198289388
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 12/14/1995
Pages: 574
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.18lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.28w x 1.61d