Japan as Number One: Lessons for America

Ezra F. Vogel

Published by Harvard University Press 1979

Japan as Number One

Lessons for America

Ezra F. Vogel

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674366299

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Author / Editor information

Vogel Ezra F. :

Ezra F. Vogel is Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Harvard University and former Director of Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research and the Harvard University Asia Center.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
PART ONE. The Japanese Challenge
I. A Mirror for America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. The Japanese Miracle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
PART TWO. Japanese Success
3. Knowledge: Pursuit and Consensus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
4. The State: Meritocratic Guidance and Private Initiative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
5. Politics: Higher Interests and Fair Shares Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
6. The Large Company: Identification and Performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
7. Basic Education: Quality and Equality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
8. Welfare: Security without Entitlement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
9. Crime Control: Enforcement and Public Support Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
PART THREE. American Response
10. Lessons: Can a Western Nation Learn from the East ? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Bibliography, Index
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1979
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 272
Keywords: Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945-; Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1945-; Japan -- Politics and government -- 1945-; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674366299

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1979
ISBN: 9780674366282