Gary D. Allinson

Politics in Contemporary Japan: Pluralist Scholarship in the Conservative Era— A Review Article

Bureaucrats have historically dominated many Asian polities, and Japan is no exception. Ever since the Meiji Restoration of 1868, public servants in national ministries have enjoyed special privileges and powers. They shaped Japans emergence as an industrial state, they collaborated with militarists to govern during the wartime era, and they presided over Japans postwar economic ascent. Only in recent decades has a bureaucratically dominant polity in Japan come under challenge. A more organized, affluent, and demanding populace has been one force encroaching on bureaucratic influence. The other has been a long-standing, increasingly experienced, and cautiously pragmatic contingent of Liberal Democratic party (LDP) leaders and legislators.

Region and Strategy in Britain and Japan: Business in Lancashire and Kansai, 1890-1990

1. Region and History Douglas A. Farnie and Takeshi Abe2. Region and Nation Douglas A. Farnie and Tetsuro Nakaoka3. Comparisons between the development of big business in the North-west of England and in Osaka, 1900-1990s. David J. Jeremy, Takeshi Abe and Jun Sasaki4. Japan, Lancashire and the Asian Market for cotton manufactures 1890-1990 Douglas A. Farnie and Takeshi Abe5. Labour Management in the Textile Industry Kenneth D. Brown and Kingo Tamai6. Electronics Manufacturers in Osaka and Manchester: A comparison of Matsushita and Ferranti Tetsuro Nakaoka and John F. Wilson7. A comparison of Cammell Laird and Hitachi Zosen as shipbuilders Kenneth D. Warren and Toru Takamatsu8. Management Education in Japan and the United Kingdom: Regional Dimensions John F. Wilson and Tamotsu Nishizawa9. Industrial research in Osaka and North-west England from the 1920s to the 1960s. Minoru Sawai and Geoffrey Tweedale10. Region and Strategy Douglas A. Farnie, Tetsuro Nakaoka, David J. Jeremy, John F. Wilson and Takeshi Abe