One World of Welfare offers a systematic, comparative examination
of Japan's welfare policies and a critical assessment of previous
research. Gregory J. Kasza rejects the view that the Japanese
welfare system is unique; he challenges the nearly universal belief
that the postwar Japanese state neglected welfare to promote rapid
economic growth; he rejects the claim that there is a regional
welfare model in East Asia; and he uses the Japanese case to
question the dominant framework for comparative welfare research.
The author explores the relevance of both convergence and
divergence theories for understanding the Japanese record and
spotlights the importance of international influences on the timing
and content of Japan's welfare policies.This book offers a fresh
comparative template for research on Japanese public policy. Case
studies of Japan have often exaggerated its distinctiveness.
Comparative research documents points of similarity as well as
difference; it unearths the foreign models that have swayed Japan's
policymakers; and it reveals what others might learn from Japan's
experience. Most of the welfare challenges that Japan has faced
over the last century have resembled those confronting other
nations, and the Japanese have often patterned their welfare
policies after those of Western countries. Japan's welfare system
must be understood within a broader pattern of global policy
diffusion.
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