Japan's quiet transformation : social change and civil society in the twenty-first century /
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| Author / Creator: | Kingston, Jeff, 1957- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. |
| Description: | xvi, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Asia's transformations |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5538016 |
| 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 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: | xvi, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-346) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415274826 0415274834 |
