In this Book
- Poverty, Equality, and Growth: The Politics of Economic Need in Postwar Japan
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: Harvard University Asia Center Publications Program
summary
In striking contrast to the large indigent population in Japan in the 1950s, very few Japanese live in poverty today. This book explains the Japanese government's decision to respond to poverty by promoting equality as the basis for a social compromise. Milly argues that to account for why and how political actors crafted a program that won acceptance, we must look beyond them and identify how they relied on knowledge and normative arguments. This book straddles theoretical fault lines in comparative politics by exploring the interactions among choice, language, knowledge, and institutions in policy processes, and has implications for the ongoing debate between proponents of rational choice theory as a universal explanation for the decisions of political actors and those who focus on historically or culturally specific conditions.
Table of Contents
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- Title, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. i-vi
- Tables and Figures
- pp. ix-x
- Editorial Conventions
- pp. xv-xviii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-33
- 1. An Essay on Accomodation
- pp. 34-73
- 4. The Politics of Poverty in the 1950s
- pp. 130-172
- 6. Knowledge of Poverty at the Top
- pp. 200-243
- 7. Negotiating Normative Principles
- pp. 244-268
- Conclusion
- pp. 269-286
- Reference Matter
- pp. 287-396
Additional Information
ISBN
9781684173181
Related ISBN(s)
9780674009585
MARC Record
OCLC
1001953816
Pages
414
Launched on MUSE
2021-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No