Japan under construction : corruption, politics, and public works / Brian Woodall

Author:: Woodall, Brian (Writer on Japanese politics)
Published:: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [1996]
Copyright Date:: ©1996
Physical Description:: xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Construction Contractors and the Calculus of Collusion -- 2.Public Works Bureaucrats Under Siege -- 3.The Career Politician and the Phantom Party's Invisible Feet -- 4.Factioneers, Tribalists, and the LDP's Construction Caucus -- Conclusion: Change and Inertia in the Politics of Japanese Public Works -- Appendix A. Chronology of Trade Friction and Scandal in Japanese Construction, 1985-1994 -- Appendix B. Administrative Vice-Ministers of Construction, 1948-1994 -- Appendix C. Construction Ministers, 1955-1994 -- Appendix D. Positional Influence and the Pork Barrel: A Multivariate Regression Model.

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ISBN:

0520088158 (alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-204) and index.

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