{"product_id":"harvesting-state-support-institutional-change-and-local-agency-in-japanese-agriculture-hardback-9781487508548","title":"Harvesting State Support; Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture (Hardback) 9781487508548","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHarvesting State Support\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInstitutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHanno Jentzsch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487508548\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 16 figures\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.4 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgriculture has been among the toughest political battlegrounds in postwar Japan and represents an ideal case study in institutional stability and change. Inefficient land use and a rapidly aging workforce have long been undermining the economic viability of the agricultural sector. Yet vested interests in the small-scale, part-time agricultural production structure have obstructed major reforms. Change has instead occurred in more subtle ways. Since the mid-1990s, a gradual reform process has dismantled some of the core pillars of the postwar agricultural support and protection regime. \u003ci\u003eHarvesting State Support\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes this process by shifting the analytical focus to the local level.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive qualitative field research, Hanno Jentzsch investigates how local actors, including farmers, local governments, and local agricultural cooperatives, have translated abstract policies into local practice. Showing how local variants are constructed through recombining national reforms with the local informal institutional environment,\u003ci\u003e Harvesting State Support\u003c\/i\u003e reveals new links between agricultural reform and other shifts in Japan\u0026amp;#x2019;s political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures \u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: Introduction: Institutional Change in Japan\u0026amp;#x2019;s Agricultural Sector\u003cbr\u003e1. Japan\u0026amp;#x2019;s Agricultural Support and Protection Regime \u003cbr\u003e2. Toward a Local Perspective on Gradual Institutional Change \u003cbr\u003e3. Institutional Change in Japanese Agricultural Support and Protection through the Local Lens\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Japan\u0026amp;#x2019;s Agricultural Support and Protection over Time\u003cbr\u003e4. Postwar Evolution of Support and Protection \u003cbr\u003e5. Gradual Change and Increasing Institutional Ambiguity in Agricultural Support and Protection \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three: Local Agricultural Regimes and Village Institutions\u003cbr\u003e6. Different Local Manifestations of Macro-Level Change \u003cbr\u003e7. Postwar Formation of Local Agricultural Regimes and Village Institutions \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Four: Village Institutions as Dynamic Resources – Local Renegotiation of Agricultural Support and Protection\u003cbr\u003e8. Farmland Consolidation as a Social Process \u003cbr\u003e9. Local Variations of Agricultural Entrepreneurship \u003cbr\u003e10. Hamlet-Based Collective Farming and Village Institutions \u003cbr\u003e11. Boundary Change: Decreasing Prospects for Comprehensive Local Institutional Agency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Five: Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e12. Renegotiating Japan\u0026amp;#x2019;s Agricultural Support and Protection \u003cbr\u003e13. Institutional Change through the Local Lens \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Field Research \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Interviews \u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: Types of Farms in Japan \u003cbr\u003eAppendix D: Paddy Field Subsidies \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eReferences \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595491176728,"sku":"9781487508548","price":37.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/harvesting-state-support-institutional-change-and-local-agency-in-japanese-agriculture-hardback-9781487508548","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}