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Amakudari - The Hidden Fabric of Japan's Economy (Hardcover, New)
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Amakudari - The Hidden Fabric of Japan's Economy (Hardcover, New)
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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.
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