1st Edition

The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State Institutions locked in by ideas

By Hironori Sasada Copyright 2013
220 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Japanese economy underwent a fundamental transition from a liberal economy to a developmental state system during World War II, and despite efforts by the American occupation forces to dismantle them after 1945, these elements of the wartime economic system remained in place. Through an historical institutionalist lens, this book examines the reasons why the key features of the Japanese... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Early Stages of Japan’s Industrialization  3. Institutional Evolution in Manchuria (1932-45)  4. The Developmental State System in Wartime Japan (1937-45)  5. Occupation, reform, and resurgence of wartime institutions – Postwar Japan (1946-65)  6. The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State

Biography

Hironori Sasada is Assistant Professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan.