Michio Muramatsu & Frieder Naschold 
State and Administration in Japan and Germany [PDF ebook] 
A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change

Frontmatter – Foreword – Table of Contents – Comparative Research on the State and Administration in Germany and Japan: The Framework – I Macrostructure and Macropolitics – Post-war Politics in Japan: Bureaucracy versus the Party/Parties in Power – From State of Authority to Network State: The German State in Developmental Perspective – Administrative Reform in Japan: Semi-autonomous Bureaucracy under the Pressure toward a Small Government – Modernization of the Public Sector and Public Administration in the Federal Republic of Germany – (Mostly) A Story of Fragmented Incrementalism – II Policy Arenas and Networks – A Comparative Policy Approach – Social Policy in Japan: Building a Welfare State in a Conservative One Dominant Party System – State and Society in German Social Policy: “Path-dependent” Responses to New Challenges – Financing the Japanese Industries: Industrial Policies of The Financial Ministry and Financial Policies of The Industrial Ministry – Industrial Policy in Germany: Old Issues and New Challenges – Cooptation or New Possibility? Japanese Labor Politics in the Era of Neo-Conservatism – Concerted Cooperation and Immobilism: Labour Policy in Germany and the Regulation of Early Exit – Three Contentious Issues in the Political Process of Telecommunications Liberalization in Japan: Neglect of Infrastructural Problems? – III The Governance Structure – Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy: Political Intervention and Market Competition in the Distribution System – Future Perspectives of State and Administration in Japan and Germany – About the Contributors – Backmatter