TY - BOOK AU - Aspinall,Robert AU - Goda,Hideki AU - Granville,Shannon AU - Izumo,Akiko AU - Kageyama,Tadashi AU - Kajita,Shu AU - Kawagoe,Masaaki AU - Kawamoto,Akira AU - Kimura,Shunsuke AU - Kobayashi,Yoshiki AU - Levidis,Andrew AU - McLaughlin,John AU - Miyoshi,Yoshiyuki AU - Mogaki,Masahiro AU - Nakabayashi,Mieko AU - Nakano,Masashi AU - Sakuyama,Takumi AU - Sekiyama,Takashi AU - Shida,Junjiro AU - Shimada Logie,Hiroko AU - Shimizu,Yuichiro AU - Tanaka,Hideaki AU - Tsuji,Masami AU - Watson,Sarah AU - Yoshimuta,Tsuyoshi TI - Handbook of Japanese Public Administration and Bureaucracy T2 - Handbooks on Japanese Studies SN - 9789048567270 AV - JQ1631 .H36 2024 U1 - 320.952 23/eng/20241014 PY - 2024///] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Bureaucracy KW - Japan KW - Public administration KW - Decision making KW - Amsterdam University Press KW - Asian Studies KW - Contemporary History KW - East Asia and North East Asia KW - History KW - Modern History KW - Politics and Government KW - HISTORY / Asia / Japan KW - bisacsh KW - Policy Studies, contemporary Japan, Japanese ministries, governance, civil service, politics N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Contributors --; Abbreviations --; Introduction The Institutional Landscape of Japanese Politics and Public Administration --; Part 1 History of Japanese Bureaucracy --; 1 The Modern Bureaucracy --; 2 Postwar and Showa --; Part 2 System, Underlying Laws and Rules/Regulations --; 3 The General Structure of Japanese Bureaucracy and Administrative Jurisdiction under the Current Law --; 4 Employment Process and System: Merit System and Competitive Examination --; 5 Ethics and Regulations --; 6 Careers after Retirement --; Part 3 Relationship with Politics and the Legislative Process --; 7 Legislation and Politics: A Key Public Policy Tool under Changing Governance --; 8 Bureaucracy in the Japanese Legislative Branch --; 9 Japan’s Political and Administrative Reforms and Governance after the 1990s --; 10 The Changing Relationship between Politics and Bureaucracy --; 11 Japanese Bureaucracy from a Comparative Perspective: Case Studies in Political Control over the Civil Service --; Part 4 Bureaucracy in Practice: Latest Examples and Issues for Each Ministry --; 12 Cabinet Secretariat and Office --; 13 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications --; 14 The National Police Agency and the Police System --; 15 Ministry of Foreign Affairs --; 16 Fiscal Consolidation and the Ministry of Finance --; 17 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology --; 18 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare --; 19 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries --; 20 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry --; 21 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism --; 22 Ministry of the Environment --; 23 Ministry of Defense --; 24 The Past and Future of Japanese Public Administration and Bureaucracy --; Appendix Development of Japanese Politics and Administration --; Index; restricted access N2 - This Handbook focuses on Japan’s public administration and bureaucracy at its national level, and the effects of national politics on administrative decision-making and outcomes. It also provides in-depth analysis and description of the Japanese politics–civil service relationship. As the Japanese government is relatively centralized, an understanding of its national-level public administration is vital to comprehending the nature of Japanese bureaucracy. This handbook is divided into four parts: the history of Japanese bureaucracy; the bureaucratic system and underlining laws, rules, and regulations; the relationship between politics and the legislative process; and bureaucracy in practice in the 12 major ministries. It will make an important contribution to studies on politics and governance in Japan, and will become essential reading for scholars in both their research and teaching UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048567270?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048567270 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048567270/original ER -