Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy

Why Japan Can't Reform
Softcover Nachdruck of the Original 1. 2003 Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-349-51286-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

This book reveals how the Japanese national ministries can exploit their Special Status Corporations (public corporations, supported primarily with public funding from a state-run banking agency) in order to intensify their administrative power over industries and local governments and to perpetuate the interests of elite civil servants by facilitating the migration to post-retirement positions in the private sector. The book explains why the existence of these organizations inhibits the Prime Ministers efforts to implement structural reforms.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Na, Na

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Special Corporations: On and On and On They Go The Bureaucracy: Origins of Power The Power of the Bureaucracy: The Continuing Saga The Interpersonal Networks Between Government and Business The Ties That Bind: Amakudari and Shukko The Japan External Trade Organization: The Scent of a Ministry Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

SUSAN CARPENTER worked for seven years in an American branch office of the Japan External Trade Organization, a Special Status Corporation. She is currently a Visiting Research Scholar in the School of Management at the University of Edinburgh.