{"product_id":"9781349512867","title":"Special Corporations and the Bureaucracy: Why Japan Can't Reform","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpecial Corporations and the Bureaucracy: Why Japan Can't Reform\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eNA, NA\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book reveals how the Japanese national ministries can exploit their Special Status Corporations (public corporations, supported primarily with public funding from a state-run banking agency) in order to intensify their administrative power over industries and local governments and to perpetuate the interests of elite civil servants by facilitating the migration to post-retirement positions in the private sector. The book explains why the existence of these organizations inhibits the Prime Ministers efforts to implement structural reforms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2003-01-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781349512867\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9780230508781\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 144\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44317682860172,"sku":"9781349512867","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781349512867.jpg?v=1776554962","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781349512867","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}