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020 _a9781501722615
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024 7 _a10.7591/9781501722615
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781501722615
035 _a(DE-B1597)515028
035 _a(OCoLC)1083624265
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
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072 7 _aSOC026000
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082 0 4 _a322/.3/0952
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aColignon, Richard A.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aAmakudari :
_bThe Hidden Fabric of Japan's Economy /
_cRichard A. Colignon, Chikako Usui.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2003
300 _a1 online resource (240 p.) :
_b34 tables, 5 charts/graphs
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1. Amakudari and the Political Economy of Japan --
_t2. Amakudari as an Institution --
_t3. Amakudari: Movement to the Private Sector --
_t4. Yokosuberi and Public Corporations --
_t5. Wataridori and Private and Public Corporations --
_t6. Seikai Tensin: Movement to the Political World --
_t7. Amakudari as a Power Structure --
_tAppendix --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
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520 _aThe widespread migration of civil servants to high-profile positions in the private and public sectors is known in Japan as amakudari, or "descent from heaven." Recent media stories associate the practice with corruption as the former officials seek government favors for their new employers. In their timely book, Richard A. Colignon and Chikako Usui offer the first systematic exploration of this influential yet poorly understood Japanese institution.Colignon and Usui analyze amakudari as a ministry-level phenomenon that is consciously constructed and reproduced with intricate networks in many political and corporate spheres. Drawing on five decades of qualitative and quantitative data delineating the post-retirement careers of leading bureaucrats, they examine changes in traditional job patterns. Although not as strong a force as in the 1960s and 1970s, amakudari, in their view, remains a critical feature of Japanese society and heavily shapes the relationship between government and business.The authors warn that despite the Japanese media criticism of amakudari, it comprises a power structure resistant to radical change. Most important, their book demonstrates that a gradual weakening of this practice may not lead to a more democratic, meritocratic society.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650 0 _aBureaucracy
_zJapan.
650 0 _aPower (Social sciences)
_zJapan.
650 4 _aAsian Studies.
650 4 _aHistory.
650 4 _aLabor History.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
_2bisacsh
700 1 _aUsui, Chikako
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9781501722615
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501722615
856 4 2 _3Cover
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