Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State

Name: Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental StateInstitutions locked in by ideas\nAuthor(s): Hironori Sasada\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138851740, 978-1138851740\nSynopsis\nThe Japanese economy underwent a fundamental transition from a liberal economy to a developmental state system during World War II, and despite efforts by the American occupation forces to dismantle them after 1945, these elements of the wartime economic system remained in place. Through an historical institutionalist lens, this book examines the reasons why the key features of the Japanese developmental state, such as pilot agencies and industrial associations, continued to play key roles in the post-war Japanese economy. Further, it locates the fundamental roots of the developmental state system in wartime Manchuria and thus highlights how decisions made in the context of war continued to influence the direction of the Japanese econom.