Beeman Public Policy and Economic Competition in Japan

Change and Continuity in Antimonopoly Policy, 1973-1995
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-53379-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Reihe: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

Viewed historically as the lapdog of business, bureaucratic and political interests, Japan's Fair Trade Commission has had mixed success in promoting its agenda for stronger antimonopoly policy since the early 1970s. Dr. Beeman unravels antimonopoly politics in Japan through an analysis of the diverse interests of industry, government, and other parties to reveal how and why antimonopoly policy has made important inroads yet ultimately failed to gain deep acceptance in Japan.
Employing extensive use of primary research materials and numerous interviews, Dr. Beeman finds predictable patterns of change as well as themes of continuity in the development of Japan's antimonopoly policy. By addressing a broad array of industry sectors and policy issues, the book provides fresh insight into an agency and a policy that have often been criticized from within Japan as too stringent and from outside Japan as too lax.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beeman, Michael L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. The Historical Context

3. The Fair Trade Commission

4. Remodelling the Cartel Archipelago

5. Policy in the Political Arena: Revision of the Antimonopoly Law

6. The Problem of Structurally Depressed Industries

7. Solidifying and Expanding the Policy Base

8. Gaiatsu as a Source of Policy Change

9. The Response to Collusion in the Construction Industry

10. Conclusion: Japanese Antimonopoly Politics