Japan's Administrative Elite - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Japan's Administrative Elite write by B. C. Koh. This book was released on 2023-11-10. Japan's Administrative Elite available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A major player in Japanese society is its government bureaucracy. Neither Japan's phenomenal track record in the world marketplace nor its remarkable success in managing its domestic affairs can be understood without insight into how its government bureaucracy works—how its elite administrators are recruited, socialized, and promoted; how they interact among themselves and with other principal players in Japan, notably politicians; how they are rewarded; and what happens to them when they retire at a relatively young age. Yet, despite its pivotal importance, there is no comprehensive and up-to-date study of Japan's administrative elite in the English language. This book seeks to fill that gap. Koh examines patterns of continuity and change, identifies similarities and differences between Japan and four other industrialized democracies (the United States, Britain, France, and Germany), and assesses the implications of the Japanese model of public management. Though many features of Japanese bureaucracy are found in the Western democracies, the degree to which they manifest themselves in Japan appears to be unsurpassed. Koh shows that the Japanese model of public management contains both strengths and weaknesses. For example, the price Japan pays for the high caliber of its administrative elite is the stifling rigidity of a multiple track system, a system with second-class citizens and demoralized "non-career" civil servants who actually bear a lion's share of administrative burden. The Japanese experience demonstrates not only how steep the price of success can be but also the enduring effects of culture over structure. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.
Japan's Administrative Elite
Japan's Administrative Elite - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Japan's Administrative Elite write by Byung Chul Koh. This book was released on 1989-01-01. Japan's Administrative Elite available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A book about Japan's civil service.
Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy
Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy write by NA NA. This book was released on 2003-08-29. Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book reveals how the Japanese national ministries can exploit their Special Status Corporations (public corporations, supported primarily with public funding from a state-run banking agency) in order to intensify their administrative power over industries and local governments and to perpetuate the interests of elite civil servants by facilitating the migration to post-retirement positions in the private sector. The book explains why the existence of these organizations inhibits the Prime Ministers efforts to implement structural reforms.
Between Democracy and Technocracy
Between Democracy and Technocracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Between Democracy and Technocracy write by Franklin Barr Lebo. This book was released on 2018-05-01. Between Democracy and Technocracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Classically, studies of the Japanese government are both tantalizing and frustrating as scholars standing outside of the system draw conclusions from significant events like crises, disasters, and moments of reform. This has led to a sense of mystery as scholars have developed sophisticated competing theories about how the system actually operates often with resigned comments that there is a black curtain (kuromaku) drawn over the system. The primary challenge is gaining access to the actual process of policymaking on a daily basis given the seemingly impenetrable nature of the bureaucracy. This study is unusual as it cracks open the curtain to see the wheels and rotating gears along with those pulling the levers. Specifically, through the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Fellowship program, the only congressionally authorized opportunity allowing American officials to be placed directly inside a foreign government, the reader is given a firsthand account of these machinations. Through their eyes, readers will be introduced to Japan’s messy policymaking process in telecommunications regulation, pharmaceutical approvals, diplomatic relations, and much more. This approach also allows the author to refine existing theories of Japan’s bureaucratic elite and assess the weak system of control exercised over them by the National Personnel Authority (NPA). This understudied agency is the last vestige of MacArthur’s legacy as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Japan following World War II. Thus, this study ambitiously hopes to lend a realistic glimpse into the only developed, non-western, industrialized democratic state in the world. More boldly, this study intends to lend a greater appreciation of the complex tug-of-war between democracy and technocracy in other national contexts.
Administrative Reform of U.S. and Japanese Education
Administrative Reform of U.S. and Japanese Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Administrative Reform of U.S. and Japanese Education write by Keith Akio Nitta. This book was released on 2006. Administrative Reform of U.S. and Japanese Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
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