ISBN:
9780415071383
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (346 p)
Series Statement:
Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies / Routledge Series
Parallel Title:
Print version The Internationalization of Japan
DDC:
303.480952
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Internationalization of Japan provides the English-speaking reader with the opportunity to hear what some of Japan's leading social scientists and other commentators have to say about the internationalization of their country as well as their country's impact overseas.The topic is of extreme importance now as the international community demands a greater Japanese contribution to international society as well as changes in Japan to facilitate foreign access. The book discusses the internationalization of politics, economy and society. Topics of special interest include the inte
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; The internationalization of Japan; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Contributors; Preface; Dedicatory note; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Comparison: Britain and the United States; Chapter 1 Internationalization and the national economy: The British case; Chapter 2 American hegemony and the Japanese challenge; Part II Meanings and implications; Chapter 3 Interdependence and internationalization; Chapter 4 Internal and external aspects of internationalization; Chapter 5 The internationalization of political thought: Liberal democracy in Japan
Description / Table of Contents:
Part III Japan and the world economyChapter 6 Gearing economic policy to international harmony; Chapter 7 The internationalization of Japanese capital; Chapter 8 The internationalization of the Japanese automobile industry; Part IV National and local politics; Chapter 9 Japan's political change towards internationalization: Grafted democracy and political recruitment; Chapter 10 The internationalization of Kanagawa Prefecture; Part V Labour markets and migrant workers; Chapter 11 Migrant workers: The Japanese case in international perspective; Chapter 12 Reciprocity and migrant workers
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 13 The trade union response to migrant workersPart VI Education and the individual; Chapter 14 The internationalization of education; Chapter 15 Data protection and the individual; Part VII The future; Chapter 16 Towards a new departure: Alternatives for Japan; Chapter 17 The internationalization of Japan; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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