The political economy of Japanese globalization / edited by Glenn D. Hook and Hasegawa Harukiyo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hook, Glenn D.

Hasegawa, Harukiyo, 1943-

University of Sheffield. Centre of Japanese Studies.

Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyū Sentā.

Series:

Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series.

Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Economic aspects--Japan--Congresses.

Globalization.

Globalization--Social aspects--Japan--Congresses.

Japan--Foreign economic relations--Congresses.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Political Economy of Japanese Globalisation reveals the key dimensions of Japanese globalisation today by analysing both its inward and outward manifestations. This is the first book to examine fully the issue of globalisation in relation to Japan. Organised in three parts, The Political Economy of Japanese Globalisation reveals the meanings and implications of the study of Japan's globalization in the context of on-going debates about globalisation in general. The book demonstrates how, despite the passing of the 'Japanese model', Japan can still provide significant i

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright page; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: Globalization in politics and international relations; 1 The global meaning of Japan: the state's persistently precarious position in the world order; 2 Japan's role in the East Asian political economy: an emerging region?; 3 Japan in Europe: Asian and European perspectives; 4 Europe in Japan: a growing EU identity; PART II: Globalization in economy and business; 5 Globalization and oriental capitalism: the global meaning of Japan

6 Financial globalization and the unravelling of the Japanese model7 Americanization or Europeanization? The globalization of the Japanese economy; 8 Japan as a model of the past? Kaizen, ' lean production' and the German car industry in retrospect; 9 'Japanization' and 'globalization' as metaphors for capitalist rationalization; PART III: Globalization in nation and society; 10 Japanese responses to globalization: nationalism and transnationalism; 11 Migration, globalization and the nation state, Japan; 12 Political integration of foreign communities in Japan: the right to vote issue

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Notes:

Papers presented at an international symposium sponsored by the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto held from 20-22 March 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-134-57103-8

1-280-05569-3

0-203-64520-0

9780203645208

OCLC:

56910627