The Political Economy of Japanese Globalisation

by Hasegawa,Harukiyo

• ISBN13: 9780415232869
• ISBN10: 0415232864
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This is the first book to examine fully the issue of globalization in relation to Japan. It reveals the key dimensions of Japanese globalization today by analyzing both its inward and outward manifestations.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Notes on contributors	xi
Preface	xv
List of abbreviations	xvi
Introduction	1	(16)
Glenn D. Hook
Hasegawa Harukiyo
PART I Globalization in politics and international relations	17	(68)
The global meaning of Japan: the state's persistently precarious position in the world order	19	(21)
Takahashi Susumu
Japan's role in the East Asian political economy: an emerging region?	40	(16)
Glenn D. Hook
Japan in Europe: Asian and European perspectives	56	(15)
Christopher W. Hughes
Europe in Japan: a growing EU identity	71	(14)
Julie Gilson
PART II Globalization in economy and business	85	(86)
Globalization and oriental capitalism: the global meaning of Japan	87	(17)
Jaw-Yann Twu
Financial globalization and the unravelling of the Japanese model	104	(16)
Philip G. Cerny
Americanization or Europeanization? The globalization of the Japanese economy	120	(17)
Kudo Akira
Japan as a model of the past? Kaizen, `lean production' and the German car industry in retrospect	137	(14)
Franz Waldenberger
`Japanization' and `globalization' as metaphors for capitalist rationalization	151	(20)
Hasegawa Harukiyo
PART III Globalization in nation and society	171	(58)
Japanese responses to globalization: nationalism and transnationalism	173	(15)
Hatsuse Ryuhei
Migration, globalization and the nation state, Japan	188	(23)
Yoko Sellek
Political integration of foreign communities in Japan: the right to vote issue	211	(18)
Eric Seizelet
Glossary	229	(2)
Index	231