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- catalog abstract ""The widespread migration of civil servants to high-profile positions in the private and public sectors is known in Japan as amakudari, or "descent from heaven." Recent media stories associate the practice with corruption as the former officials seek government favors for their new employers. In their timely book, Richard A. Colignon and Chikako Usui offer the first systematic exploration of this influential yet poorly understood Japanese institution." "Colignon and Usui analyze amakudari as a ministry-level phenomenon that is consciously constructed and reproduced with intricate networks in many political and corporate spheres. Drawing on five decades of qualitative and quantitative data delineating the post-retirement careers of leading bureaucrats, they examine changes in traditional job patterns. Although not as strong a force as in the 1960s and 1970s, amakudari, in their view, remains a critical feature of Japanese society and heavily shapes the relationship between government and business." "The authors warn that despite the Japanese media criticism of amakudari, it comprises a power structure resistant to radical change. Most important, their book demonstrates that a gradual weakening of this practice may not lead to a more democratic, meritocratic society."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12850088.
- catalog contributor b12850089.
- catalog coverage "Japan Economic conditions 1989-".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Colignon and Usui analyze amakudari as a ministry-level phenomenon that is consciously constructed and reproduced with intricate networks in many political and corporate spheres. Drawing on five decades of qualitative and quantitative data delineating the post-retirement careers of leading bureaucrats, they examine changes in traditional job patterns. Although not as strong a force as in the 1960s and 1970s, amakudari, in their view, remains a critical feature of Japanese society and heavily shapes the relationship between government and business."".
- catalog description ""The authors warn that despite the Japanese media criticism of amakudari, it comprises a power structure resistant to radical change. Most important, their book demonstrates that a gradual weakening of this practice may not lead to a more democratic, meritocratic society."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""The widespread migration of civil servants to high-profile positions in the private and public sectors is known in Japan as amakudari, or "descent from heaven." Recent media stories associate the practice with corruption as the former officials seek government favors for their new employers. In their timely book, Richard A. Colignon and Chikako Usui offer the first systematic exploration of this influential yet poorly understood Japanese institution."".
- catalog description "Amakudari and the political economy of Japan -- Amakudari as institution -- Amakudari : movement to the private sector -- Yokosuberi and public corporations -- Wataridori and private and public corporations -- Seikai tensin : movement to the political world -- Amakudari as power structure.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 224 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801440831 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : ILR Press,".
- catalog spatial "Japan Economic conditions 1989-".
- catalog spatial "Japan.".
- catalog subject "322/.3/0952 21".
- catalog subject "Bureaucracy Japan.".
- catalog subject "JQ1631 .C65 2003".
- catalog subject "Power (Social sciences) Japan.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Amakudari and the political economy of Japan -- Amakudari as institution -- Amakudari : movement to the private sector -- Yokosuberi and public corporations -- Wataridori and private and public corporations -- Seikai tensin : movement to the political world -- Amakudari as power structure.".
- catalog title "Amakudari : the hidden fabric of Japan's economy / Richard A. Colignon and Chikako Usui.".
- catalog type "text".