Cultural and social dynamics

Abstract

Preface by the general editors Postscript Introduction Shumpei Kumon and Henry Rosovsky Part I. Broad Frameworks: 1. The cultural context of the Japanese political economy Robert J. Smith 2. Consensual governance: a study of law, culture, and the political economy of postwar Japan John O. Haley 3. Social-exchange aspects of the Japanese political economy: culture, efficiency, and change Yasusuke Murakami and Thomas P. Rohlen Part II. The J Firm and Networking: 4. Japan as a network society Shumpei Kumon 5. Decentralization-centralization in Japanese organisation: a duality principle Masahiko Aoki 6. The Japanese enterprise as a unified body of employees: origins and development Ryushi Iwata 7. Japan's corporate networks Ken-ichi Imai 8. The managerial intergration of Japanese business in America Thomas B. Lifson 9. Japan's industrial culture and labour-management relations Haruo Shimada 10. Some cultural and social bases of Japanese innovaton: small-group activities in comparative perspective Robert E. Cole Part III. trends: 11. Learning: the mobilization of knowledge in the Japanese political economy Thomas P. Rohlen 12. Gender and culture in the Japanese political economy: self-portrayals of prominent businesswomen Takie Sugiyama Lebra Notes Index of names General index.

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