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Historical Introduction


CLASS #TOPICSREADINGSESSAYSEXAMS
1Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan

* Samuels, Richard J. "The Myth of the Independent Intellectual."

* Johnson, Chalmers. "Omote (Explicit) and Ura (Implicit): Translating Japanese Political Terms."

2The "Modernization" of Japan

Ito, Kimio. "The Invention of Wa and the Transformation of the Image of Prince Shotoku in Modern Japan."

Inoue, Shun. "The Invention of the Martial Arts."

Pyle, K. The Making of Modern Japan. Chap. 4, 5 and 7-9.

* Suganami, Hidemi. "Japan's Entry into International Society."

* Najita, Tetsuo. The Intellectual Foundations of Modern Japanese Politics. Pp. 1-148.

* Tsurumi, Yosuke. Present Day Japan. Chap. 1 and 2.

3From Taisho to Showa

Pyle, K.  The Making of Modern Japan. Chap. 10 and 11.

Kosaka, M. "The Showa Era."

Gluck, C. "The Idea of Showa."

* Johnson, C. MITI and the Japanese Miracle. Chap. 1-3.

* Duus, P. "The Reaction of Japanese Big Business to a State-controlled Economy in the 1930's."

4Transwar Political History

Pyle, K.  The Making of Modern Japan. Chap. 12-14.

Passin, H. "The Occupation: Some Reflections."

Gluck, C. "The Past in the Present."

Garon, S. "From Meiji to Heisei: The State and Civil Society in Japan."

*Johnson, C. MITI and the Japanese Miracle. Chap. 5 and 6.

*Samuels, R. J. The Business of the Japanese State. Pp. 68-102, 168-191.

5Japanese Culture And Society

Reed, Steven. Making Common Sense of Japan. Chap. 1.

Hardacre, Helen. "After Aum: Religion and Civil Society in Japan."

Nakane, Chie. "Criteria of Group Formation."

Shipper, Apichai. "The Political Construction of Foreign Workers in Japan."

6Japan Incorporated [?]

Reed, Steven. Making Common Sense of Japan. Chap. 5.

McKean, Margaret. "State Strength and the Public Interest."

Colignon, Richard, and Chikako Usui. "The Resilience of Japan's Iron Triangle."



Politics


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1. Party Politics
7The Party System after 1993

Tamamoto, Masaru. "Village Politics: Japan's Prince of Disorder."

Curtis, Gerald. The Logic of Japanese Politics. Chap. 1 and 2.

White, James. "The Dynamics of Political Opposition."

8The Liberal Democratic Party

Curtis, Gerald. The Logic of Japanese Politics. Chap. 5.

Johnson, Chalmers. "Tanaka Kakuei, Structural Corruption, and the Advent of Machine Politics in Japan."

Ramseyer, J. Mark, and Frances McCall Rosenbluth. Japan's Political Marketplace. Chap. 4 and 5.

9The Diet

Richardson, Bradley. Japanese Democracy: Power, Coordination, and Performance. Chap. 6.

Baerwald, Hans H. Japan's Parliament: An Introduction. Pp. 1-29, 74-102.

Krauss, Ellis. "Conflict in the Diet..."

2. Electoral Politics
10The Electoral System

Curtis, Gerald. The Logic of Japanese Politics. Chap. 4.

Otake, Hideo. "Overview." In How Electoral Reform Boomeranged: Continuity in Japanese Campaigning Style.

* Reed, Steven R. "Structure and Behaviour: Extending Duverger's Law to the Japanese Case."

11Voter Mobilization and Voting Behaviour

Otake, Hideo. "How a Diet Member's Koenkai Adapts to Social and Political Changes."

Richardson, B. "Japanese Voting Behavior in Comparative Perspective." The Japanese Voter.

Flanagan, S. "Mechanisms of Social Network Influence in Japanese Voting Behavior." The Japanese Voter.

First undergraduate paper due
12Midterm exam in class 
3. Interest Group Politics and Civil Society
13Organized Labor

Garon, S., and M. Mochizuki. "Negotiating Social Contracts."

Gordon, Andrew. "The Invention of Japanese-Style Labor Management."

* Kumazawa, Makoto. Portraits of the Japanese Workplace.

* Tsujinaka, Y. "Rengo and Its Osmotic Networks."

* Gordon, Andrew. The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, 1853-1955.

14The Zaikai

Gerlach, Michael. Alliance Capitalism: The Social Organization of Japanese Business.

Lynn, Leonard H., and T. J. McKeown. Organizing Business: Trade Associations in America and Japan.

15Civil Society

Field, Norma. "Okinawa: A Supermarket Owner."

Pekkanen, Robert. "Molding Japanese Civil Society: State Structured Incentives and the Patterning of Civil Society."

Pharr, Susan J. "Social Conflict, Authority, and the State."

* Schwartz, Frank. "What Is Civil Society?"

4. Bureaucratic Politics
16The Bureaucracy

Pempel, T. J., and M. Muramatsu. "The Japanese Bureaucracy and Economic Development: Structuring a Proactive Civil Service."

Schwartz, Frank. "Of Fairy Cloaks and Familiar Talks: The Politics of Consultation."

Rozman, Gilbert. "Backdoor Japan: The Search for a Way Out via Regionalism and Decentralization."

First graduate paper due
17The Budget Process

Campbell, John C. Contemporary Japanese Budget Politics. Pp. 12-42, 115-171.

Ramseyer, J. Mark, and Frances McCall Rosenbluth. Japan's Political Marketplace. Chap. 7.

Suzuta, Atsuyoshi. "The Way of the Bureaucrat."



Public Policy


CLASS #TOPICSREADINGSESSAYSEXAMS
18Social Policy

"The Graying Society." Special Issue of Japan Echo. Vol. 23, 1996.

Maclachlan, Patricia. "The Struggle for an Independent Consumer Society."

Upham, F. Law and Social Change in Postwar Japan. Chap. 2-4.

Estevez-Abe, Margarita. "State-Society Partnerships in the Japanese Welfare State."

19Defense and Foreign Policy

Katzenstein, Peter, and N. Okawara. Japan's National Security: Structures, Norms, and Policy Responses in a Changing World. Chap. 5.

Mochizuki, Mike M., ed. Toward a True Alliance: Restructuring US-Japan Security Relations. Chap. 1,2.

Heginbotham, Eric, and Richard J. Samuels. "Japan."

* Katada, Saori. "Japan's Two-Track Aid Approach."

* Green, Michael J. "State of the Field Report: Research on Japanese Security Policy."

Second undergraduate paper due
20Energy Policy

Samuels, R. J. The Business of the Japanese State (1987). Chap. 3-6 (select two) and Chap. 7.

Upham, Frank. "The Man Who Would Import: A Cautionary Tale About Bucking the System in Japan."

Matsumura, Masahiro. "Inside Japans' Energy Development Politics: What Outsiders Do Not Know."

21Science and Technology Policy

Freeman, Christopher. Technology Policy and Economic Performance: Lessons from Japan. Chap. 2 and 3.

Anchordoguy, Marie. "Japan at a Technological Crossroads: Does Change Support Convergence Theory?"

Samuels, Richard J. "Rich Nation, Strong Army": National Security and The Technological Transformation of Japan. Chap. 2 and 8.

22Industrial Policy

Noble, Gregory W. "The Japanese Industrial Policy Debate."

Tilton Mark. "Regulatory Reform and Market Opening in Japan."

Dore, Ronald. "Goodwill and the Spirit of Capitalism."

Yamamura, Kozo. "The Japanese Political Economy after the 'Bubble': Plus Ça Change."

* Lincoln, Edward. Japan's Unequal Trade. Chap. 1, 2 and 6.

23Japan in the Post-Cold War World

Armacost, Michael H. Friends or Rivals? Chap. 7 and 8.

Ozawa, Ichiro. Blueprint for a New Japan.

Pyle, Kenneth. The Japanese Question. Chap. 2, 6.

* Samuels, Richard J. "Rich Nation, Strong Army": National Security and The Technological Transformation of Japan.

Second graduate paper due
 


 



 








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