Japanese Economic Development: Theory and Practice (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies) - Softcover

Francks, Penelope

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415041015 ISBN 13: 9780415041010

Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

Japanese companies are household names throughout the world, and the economy vies with America as the greatest in the world. But how much do we really know about the forces that have made this possible? Penny Francks has written this book especially for readers without prior knowledge of the subject, and she has based it on the premise that it is vital to know something about Japanese life in order to study the economic, political and social aspects of its economic development. The book traces the roots of the Japanese post-war miracle, looking behind the international influence of Japanese business to the millions of ordinary workers in factories, in workshops, and on farms, who have made it possible. How have their lives changed over the hundred years of industrialisation? Is the Japanese work ethic uniquely equipped for such a challenge, or could the Japanese example be extended to today's Third World? This lively book mixes detailed case study mateial with description and analysis of Japanese economic and social history, and it presents a comparative survey of the development experience in the rest of the world. It will appeal to students and scholars in development studies, politics, economics, modern history and Japanese studies.

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Review:

..."designed to appeal to students and scholars of development studies, politics and economics, and, of course, Japanese modern history." -"International Review of Administrative Sciences ""Japanese Economic Development has since its publication become a staple text for undergraduate and graduate courses in Japanese economic history, and this widespread use is testimony to its appeal and quality. The author has now undertaken substantial revisions to the first edition in a way which incorporates more recent literature and also locates Japan's experience more into the developmental studies context of the 1990s.... The end result remains a clearly written, well focused text which can be used to introduce major features of Japan's pre-World War II economic development economics and to those coming from a Japanese studies background. The revise version is likely to be even more popular among students and teachers than the earlier one." -Janet Hunter, London School of Economics

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0415041015
• ISBN 13: 9780415041010
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304