Japan's Interventionist State : The Role of the MAFF.
Aurelia. George-Mulgan
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (313 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- The specific argument about the MAFF -- The general theory of state intervention -- Outline of the book -- Part I The interventionist state model -- 2 Modes and means of government intervention -- A typology of government intervention -- The architecture of government intervention -- 3 Theorising government intervention and bureaucratic self-interest -- The collective benefits of intervention -- Distinguishing collective and personal benefits -- 'Iron triangles' of vested interest in intervention -- Implications for bureaucratic policy choice -- Part II The MAFF and agricultural intervention -- 4 The MAFF -- The MAFF's organisational structure, mission and administrative purview -- 5 Modes and means of agricultural intervention -- A typology of agricultural intervention -- The architecture of agricultural intervention -- Conclusion -- 6 Agricultural intervention and bureaucratic self-interest -- The benefits of intervention for the MAFF and its officials -- The private interest of MAFF officials in intervention -- Part III The pursuit of MAFF interests in intervention -- 7 Maintaining the foundations of MAFF intervention -- Maintaining a viable but dependent farm sector -- Creating and defending gaikaku dantai and their functions -- Safeguarding the benefits of state trading import systems -- Expanding the web of vested interests in intervention -- The New Basic Law and MAFF reorganisation -- Redesigning Food Agency functions -- BSE and MAFF restructuring -- Upholding the MAFF's subsidy powers -- Expanding the MAFF's interventionist domain -- 8 The three pillars of MAFF agricultural policy -- Rice market intervention -- Expenditure on budgetary subsidies -- Maintaining import barriers -- 9 Conclusion.. - Appendix: Agriculture and agriculture-related organisations and their Japanese titles -- Notes -- English language bibliography -- Japanese language bibliography -- Index.. - Japan's Interventionist State gives a detailed examination of Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and its role in promoting, protecting and preserving the regime of agricultural support and protection. This account is integral to the author's extended and multidimensional explanation for why Japan continues to provide high levels of assistance to its farmers and why it continues to block market access concessions in the WTO and other agricultural trade talks.. - Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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| ISBN | 9780203326640
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