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