Contested Governance in Japan: Sites and IssuesGlenn D. Hook Contested Governance in Japan extends the analysis of governance in contemporary Japan by exploring both the sites and issues of governance above and below the state as well as within it. This volume discusses the contested nature of governance in Japan and the ways in which a range of actors are involved in different sites and issues of governance at home, in the region and the globe. It includes chapters on global governance, local policy-making, democracy, environmental governance, the Japanese financial system, corruption, the family and corporate governance. |
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... English and does so using the reverse order . Long vowels are indicated by a macron , except in the case of common place and other names , such as Tokyo . Abbreviations AMF AOTS APEC APSF ARF ASA ASEAN ASEM BOJ Note on the text.
... English and does so using the reverse order . Long vowels are indicated by a macron , except in the case of common place and other names , such as Tokyo . Abbreviations AMF AOTS APEC APSF ARF ASA ASEAN ASEM BOJ Note on the text.
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... ASEAN Swap Arrangement Association of Southeast Asian Nations Asia - Europe Meeting Bank of Japan Bilateral Swap Agreements Citizens ' Alliance for Saving the Atmosphere and the Earth Capital Cost Management Cabinet Office's Council on ...
... ASEAN Swap Arrangement Association of Southeast Asian Nations Asia - Europe Meeting Bank of Japan Bilateral Swap Agreements Citizens ' Alliance for Saving the Atmosphere and the Earth Capital Cost Management Cabinet Office's Council on ...
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... ASEAN 4 Association of Southeast Asian Nations members Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines and Thailand . ' big bang ' range of measures taken to liberalize and deregulate the Japanese financial system . ' Dodge line ' named after ...
... ASEAN 4 Association of Southeast Asian Nations members Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines and Thailand . ' big bang ' range of measures taken to liberalize and deregulate the Japanese financial system . ' Dodge line ' named after ...
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... ( ASEAN ) Plus Three , as well as to institutionalize new mechanisms of financial governance in the wake of the New Miyazawa Initiative . In this chapter , too , Japan appears to be actively shaping governance in this site of activity ...
... ( ASEAN ) Plus Three , as well as to institutionalize new mechanisms of financial governance in the wake of the New Miyazawa Initiative . In this chapter , too , Japan appears to be actively shaping governance in this site of activity ...
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... ( ASEAN ) and the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , have also taken up the guidance and political will displayed by the G7 / 8 in combating issues , such as terrorism ( Belelieu 2002 : 24-5 ) . Other participants brought into the ...
... ( ASEAN ) and the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , have also taken up the guidance and political will displayed by the G7 / 8 in combating issues , such as terrorism ( Belelieu 2002 : 24-5 ) . Other participants brought into the ...
Contents
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Governance democracy and the political economy | 54 |
the role of referenda and the rise | 71 |
Governance globalization and the Japanese financial | 90 |
governance the Japanese | 111 |
Japan and global environmental governance | 133 |
Governance Asian migrants and the role of civil society | 152 |
Corruption and governance in Japan | 174 |
Whose problem? Japans homeless people as an issue | 192 |
The political economy of Japanese corporate | 211 |
the political function | 233 |
Index | 253 |
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