Regime Shift: Comparative Dynamics of the Japanese Political Economy (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
• Published by: Cornell University Press November 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0801485290
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0801485299
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 12 ounces

Reader Reviews
since the 1982, the developmental state, articulated by Chalmers Johson in his infulential book 'MITI', has been the standard approach in the field of North East Asian studies at least in the circle of political economy. but the model of developmental state does not fit into the phenomenon since the 1980s, in SOuth Korea, and the 1973, in Japan. the bureacrats is not that autonoumous like the past, i.e. the rapid growth period, the ruling party proned to be the masters of fork barrel politics, and constituents were not that concensual like the past. there must be some 'shift'. Pempel's work is the attempt to provide a comprehensive framework to explain the shift in systematic and succinct way. his framework is based on the concept of 'regime' which is common in the field of comparative politics. I think he succeeded in that point. but the concept of regime has some limitation: for example, it can't expalin why keiretsu or main bank system developed and why it has been disolved since 1980s. sure I know it was not Pempel's intention to include them. but to understand Japan or Korea, we should include big businesses. without them, explanation can't be comprehensive. it's the point of political economy, I think. Comment | | (Report this)