Japan grew explosively and consistently for more than a century, from the Meiji Restoration until the collapse of the economic bubble in the early 1990s. Since then, it has been unable to restart its economic engine and respond to globalization. How could the same political–economic system produce such strongly contrasting outcomes?
This book identifies the crucial variables as classic Japanese forms of socio-political organization: the circles of compensation. These cooperative groupings of economic, political, and bureaucratic interests dictate corporate and individual responses to such critical issues as investment and innovation; at the micro level, they explain why individuals can be decidedly cautious on their own, yet prone to risk-taking as a collective. Kent E. Calder examines how these circles operate in seven concrete areas, from food supply to consumer electronics, and deals in special detail with the influence of Japans changing financial system. The result is a comprehensive overview of Japans circles of compensation as they stand today, and a road map for broadening them in the future.
Автор: Calder WaltonНазвание: Empire of SecretsISBN: 0007457960 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007457960 Издательство: HarperCollins UKРейтинг: Цена: 3300.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Calder, AngusНазвание: Myth Of The BlitzISBN: 0712698205 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780712698207 Издательство: Random House - PenguinРейтинг: Цена: 3300.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: The Myth of the Blitz was nurtured at every level of society. Britain was not bombed into classless democracy. Angus Calder provides a compelling examination of the events of 1940 and 1941 - when Britain `stood alone` against the Luftwaffe - and of the Myth which sustained her `finest hour`.
Автор: Calder, Kent E.Название: SingaporeISBN: 0815729472 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815729471 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)Рейтинг: Цена: 3511.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: How Singapore's solutions to common problems can provide examples for other societies.Nearly everyone knows that Singapore has one of the most efficient governments and competitive advanced economies in the world. But can this unique city-state of some 5.5 million residents also serve as a model for other advanced economies as well as for the emerging world? Respected East Asia expert Kent Calder provides clear answers to this intriguing question in his new, groundbreaking book that looks at how Singapore's government has harnessed information technology, data, and a focus on innovative, adaptive governance to become a model smart city, smart state.Calder describes Singapore as a laboratory for solutions to problems experienced by urban societies around the world. In particular, he shows how Singapore has dealt successfully with education, energy, environmental, housing, and transportation challenges; many of its solutions can be adapted in a wide range of other societies.Calder also explains how Singapore offers lessons for how countries can adapt their economies to the contemporary demands of global commerce. Singapore consistently ranks at the top in world surveys measuring competitiveness, ease of doing business, protection of intellectual property, and absence of corruption.The book offers concrete insights and a lucid appreciation of how Singapore's answers to near-universal problems can have a much broader relevance, even in very different societies.
Автор: Williams, Evan CalderНазвание: Combined and uneven apocalypseISBN: 1846944686 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846944680 Издательство: Johns Hopkins University PressРейтинг: Цена: 2572.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: From salvagepunk to zombie hordes, wastelands to plagued cities, Combined and Uneven Apocalypse grapples with the apocalyptic fantasies of our collapsing era.
