Japan's quiet transformation : social change and civil society in the twenty-first century / Jeff Kingston.
The 1990s have been termed as 'Japan's Lost Decade' to describe how the phenomenal growth in the Japanese economy ground to a halt and the country was subsequently crippled by enormous and ongoing political, economic and social problems. In responding to these unprecedented difficulti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
RoutledgeCurzon,
2004.
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| Series: | Asia's transformations.
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| Summary: | The 1990s have been termed as 'Japan's Lost Decade' to describe how the phenomenal growth in the Japanese economy ground to a halt and the country was subsequently crippled by enormous and ongoing political, economic and social problems. In responding to these unprecedented difficulties, wide-ranging reforms have been adopted including NPO, Information Disclosure and Judicial Reform legislation. Controversially, this book argues that such reforms are creating a more robust civil society and demonstrate that Japan is far more dynamic than is generally recognized. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 358 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-346) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203642546 9780203642542 9780415274821 0415274826 9780415274838 0415274834 128004814X 9781280048142 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |