{"product_id":"circles-of-compensation-economic-growth-and-the-globalization-of-japan-hardback-9780804798686","title":"Circles of Compensation; Economic Growth and the Globalization of Japan (Hardback) 9780804798686","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCircles of Compensation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEconomic Growth and the Globalization of Japan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKent E. Calder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804798686\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 August 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 35 figures, 7 tables, 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.634 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCircles of Compensation\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written breakthrough analysis of how to think about one of the world's most important nations. Its conclusions have powerful implications for anyone interested in global economics and politics. Simply too important to pass up.\"—Jeffrey Garten, Yale University \"Kent Calder's \u003ci\u003eCrisis and Compensation\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the classic works on Japanese politics—and with \u003ci\u003eCircles of Compensation\u003c\/i\u003e, he's written another seminal book on Japanese political economy. In reading this new book, one learns everything one needs to know about Japan's economic problems. An absolute tour de force.\"—Margarita Estévez-Abe, Syracuse University \"Calder is a scholar and intellectual leader with practical and policy experience. His work is leaving a mark on U.S.–Japan relations.\"—John V. Roos, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan \"[T]he author develops the first new paradigm for Japan's fluctuating growth patterns and its prospects for recovery. The reading is essential to students and scholars of Japanese political economy, civil society, and East Asian studies in general.\"—X. Li, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan grew explosively and consistently for more than a century, from the Meiji Restoration until the collapse of the economic bubble in the early 1990s. Since then, it has been unable to restart its economic engine and respond to globalization. How could the same political–economic system produce such strongly contrasting outcomes?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book identifies the crucial variables as classic Japanese forms of socio-political organization: the \"circles of compensation.\" These cooperative groupings of economic, political, and bureaucratic interests dictate corporate and individual responses to such critical issues as investment and innovation; at the micro level, they explain why individuals can be decidedly cautious on their own, yet prone to risk-taking as a collective. Kent E. Calder examines how these circles operate in seven concrete areas, from food supply to consumer electronics, and deals in special detail with the influence of Japan's changing financial system. The result is a comprehensive overview of Japan's circles of compensation as they stand today, and a road map for broadening them in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Confronting the Paradox\u003cbr\u003e  1. Paradox and Japanese Public Policy\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Circles-of-Compensation Concept\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Political Economy of Connectedness\u003cbr\u003e  4. Finance\u003cbr\u003e  5. Land and Housing\u003cbr\u003e  6. Food Supply\u003cbr\u003e  7. Energy\u003cbr\u003e  8. Transportation\u003cbr\u003e  9. Communications\u003cbr\u003e  10. Japan's Domestic Circles and the Broader World\u003cbr\u003e  11. Models for the Future\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Unraveling the Paradox\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551724237080,"sku":"9780804798686","price":70.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/circles-of-compensation-economic-growth-and-the-globalization-of-japan-hardback-9780804798686","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}