TY - BOOK ID - 80840744 TI - Understanding governance in contemporary Japan : transformation and the regulatory state PY - 2019 SN - 9781526114693 1526114690 9781526114686 1526114682 9781526114709 1526114704 PB - Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Japan KW - Politics and government KW - Politischer Wandel KW - Informationstechnik KW - Bekämpfung KW - Monopol KW - Governance KW - al-Yābān KW - Giappone KW - Government of Japan KW - Iapōnia KW - I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ KW - Japam KW - Japani KW - Japão KW - Japon KW - Japonia KW - Japonsko KW - Japonya KW - Jih-pen KW - Mư̄ang Yīpun KW - Nihon KW - Nihon-koku KW - Nihonkoku KW - Nippon KW - Nippon-koku KW - Nipponkoku KW - Prathēt Yīpun KW - Riben KW - State of Japan KW - Yābān KW - Yapan KW - Yīpun KW - Zhāpān KW - Япония KW - اليابان KW - يابان KW - 日本 KW - 日本国 KW - Jepun KW - Politics KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics KW - Yapon KW - Yapon Ulus KW - I︠A︡pon KW - Япон KW - I︠A︡pon Uls KW - Япон Улс KW - Empire du Japon KW - Zen-Nihon KW - Zenkoku KW - Dainihon KW - Dainippon KW - Japão KW - Japaner KW - ICT. KW - Japanese politics. KW - anti-monopoly regulation. KW - executive politics. KW - governance. KW - regulation. KW - state transformation. KW - the core executive. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80840744 AB - This book explores the transformation of the Japanese state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on two case studies: ICT regulation and antimonopoly regulation after the 1980s, which experienced a disjuncture and significant transformation within the period with approaches embracing competition. In so doing, it reveals the transformation of the state and governance in a Japanese context and presents itself as an example of the new governance school addressing the state, its transformation, and the governance of the political arena in Japanese politics and beyond, setting out a challenge to the established body of pluralist and rational choice literature in Japanese politics. With its comprehensive review and analysis of the theory and development of Japan's contemporary politics, this book is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as a guidebook for practitioners engaging in policies and businesses relating to Japan. ER -