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Japan after the Economic Miracle

In Search of New Directions

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Paul Bowles

    1. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

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  2. Lawrence T. Woods

    1. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

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Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series (SINS, volume 3)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Paul Bowles, Lawrence T. Woods
      Pages 1-7

  3. Searching for New Directions: the Japanese Challenges and Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Japan’s postwar fordism: an historical perspective on the economic crisis in Japan

      • John Price
      Pages 11-35

    3. Restoring the legitimacy of Japanese business in the post-bubble era: can good economics make good ethics easier?

      • Teri Ursacki
      Pages 37-57

    4. Changing behaviour of Japanese consumers

      • Charles P. Beaupre
      Pages 59-69

    5. Back in the race: Japan and the internet

      • Ken Coates
      Pages 71-84

    6. New directions in Canada’s Japanese-owned automobile plants

      • Paul Parker, Tod Rutherford, Tesshu Koshiba
      Pages 85-103

    7. Producing and managing hazardous waste in Japan

      • Don Munton
      Pages 105-126

    8. Sustainability of farm settlements in Japan after the economic miracle: A case study of Onoji hamlet in Yamanashi prefecture

      • Akira Tabayashi, Toshio Kikuchi, Tom Waldichuk
      Pages 127-144

    9. New directions in Japanese urban planning: a case study of Nagoya

      • David W. Edgington
      Pages 145-168

    10. The aging of Japanese society: human resource management in transition

      • K. Victor Ujimoto
      Pages 169-183

    11. Contemporary party politics in Japan: an old wine in a new bottle

      • Akira Kubota
      Pages 185-223
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As Japan comes to grips with a decade of economic malaise after its spectacular post-war growth record, how will Japanese society react? Contributors to this volume examine the challenges ahead for Japan in the fields of politics, economics, sociology, environment and business. This multidisciplinary inquiry looks for areas of continuity and for new directions in government, business and social policy and practice. Also examined is how Western students should approach the study of Japan; what new directions should institutions take to ensure that students learn about the `real' Japan? Written by Canadian academics, the articles in this volume will be of interest to academics and policy-makers studying or teaching about contemporary Japan.

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  • University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

    Paul Bowles, Lawrence T. Woods

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