| Description |
303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction (Appearances Can Be Deceiving). Welcome To Wonderland. Distinguishing Honne From Tatemae -- Pt. 1. Superior Grades. 2. Japanese-Style Management (Fact Or Fiction?). How It Really Works. Not Quite Lifetime Employment. Harmony Or Else. Less Lovable Than Effective. 3. Japanese Companies (The All-Mighty Kaisha). Company Families. The Seven Cs. When Better Is Worse. 4. Industrial Policy (Promoting And Meddling). Targeting Techniques. Industrial Overkill -- Pt. 2. Satisfactory Grades. 5. Economic Progress (Onward If Not Upward). No More Growth Hero. Good Sectors, Bad Sectors. Productive, Not Fruitful. 6. Education (What Is Learning?). World Champion Test-Takers. Lower Higher Education. Education Or Induction. (Almost) Time For Reform. 7. Crime (Integrating The Criminal Element). Japanese Criminals As No. 1. Crime? What Crime? -- Pt. 3. Unsatisfactory Grades. 8. Politics (The Japanese Way). Politicians: Fronting For The System. Bureaucrats: Making Things Run |
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Businessmen: Pulling The Strings. People: Accepting But Not Approving. 9. Society (Discordant Harmonies). Solidarity Outward, Not Inward. Gender, Generation And Other Gaps. Meritocracy Or Schoolocracy? 10. Internationalization (Time To Join The World). Leadership Or Followership. The Closed-Country Syndrome. The U.S. Connection -- Pt. 4. Inferior Grades. 11. Quality of Life (If You Can Call That Quality). The "Rich" Japanese. All Work And No Play. To Make Life Worth Living. 12. Amenities (Be It Ever So Humble). Life In A Rabbit Hutch. Glorious Plans And Mirages. 13. Welfare (What Is There To Be Entitled To?). Desperately Seeking Welfare. Letting The Future Take Care Of Itself. 14. Conclusion (Japan As No. 23, Or 57, Or Whatever). Learning From Japan...Sometimes. Friends--Or Enemies--Of Japan? Containing The Apologists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-294) and index |
| Subject |
Industrial policy -- Japan.
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Quality of life -- Japan.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069408
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069578
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Japan -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069572 -- 1945-1989
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| LC no. |
91002998 |
| ISBN |
0873328728 (cloth) |
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0873328736 (paper) |
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