Japan : the precarious future / edited by Frank Baldwin, Anne Allison.

Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2015]
Descriptionviii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBaldwin, Frank, editor.
Other author/creatorAllison, Anne, editor.
Other author/creatorNYU Press publisher.
Other author/creatorSocial Science Research Council (U.S.) publisher.
SeriesPossible futures
Possible futures series. ^A1063473
Contents Demography as destiny : falling birthrates and the allure of a blended society -- Precarity and hope : social connectedness in postcapitalist Japan -- Risk and consequences : the changing Japanese employment paradigm -- The future of gender in Japan : work/life balance and relations beteen the sexes -- After Fukushima : veto players and Japanese nuclear policy -- Japan's megadisaster challenges : crisis management in the modern era -- Fiscal survival and financial revival : possible futures for the Japanese economy -- Manufacturing in Japan : factories and national policy -- Integrated solutions to complex problems : transforming Japanese science and technology -- Military cooperation and territorial disputes : the changing face of Japan's security policy -- Economic and strategic leadership in Asia : the rivalry beteen China and Japan -- Possible futures of political leadership : waiting for a transformational prime minister -- State power versus individual freedom : Japan's constitutional past, present, and possible futures.
General note"A joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN1479851450 (paperback)
ISBN9781479851454 (paperback)
ISBN9781479889389 (hardback)
ISBN1479889385 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DS806 .J37 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold