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Japan: Who Governs? : The Rise of the Developmental State [Paperback]

Chalmers A. Johnson
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September 1, 1994
The godfather of Japanese revisionism, author of Miti and the Japanese Miracle and president of the Japan Policy Research Institute explains how--and why--Japan has become a world power in the past 25 years. Johnson lucidly explains here how the Japanese economy will thrive as it moves from a producer-dominated economy to a consumer-oriented headquarters for all of East Asia.

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"As Chalmers Johnson argues in this vital and engaging book, the halcyon days of American ascendancy cannot last...Get hold of this prescient book and keep it for that rainy day." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Paperback: 390 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (September 1, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393314502
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393314502
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,030,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, is the author of the bestselling Blowback and The Sorrows of Empire. A frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times, the London Review of Books, and The Nation, he appeared in the 2005 prizewinning documentary film Why We Fight. He lives near San Diego.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's the real thing November 6, 2009
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Chalmers Johnson can be an off putting person and author, quite full of himself and harshly critical of those who do not agree with him. Putting that aside this is clearly one of the best books about Japan and the Japanese government I have ever read. I have been in and out of Japan for the past 40 years and now live here 1/2 time.

With the exception of one chapter where he missguessed the future development of Japanese foreign policy this now 14 year old book remains the best analysis of how Japan works that I have ever read. It is a collection of articles and essays written by Johnson and republished as a single book. If you want to understand how and why Japan's governement functions, and get at least a solid introduction to the developmental state this book is a must read.

It is also a good way to get a solid introduction to the developmental state form of economic control and management which worked so well in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and now China.
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