Richard A. Colignon is Professor in the Department of Sociology and The Center for Social and Public Policy, Duquesne University. He is the author of Power Plays: Critical Events in the Institutionalization of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Chikako Usui is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Graduate Program in Gerontology, and Center for International Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis.
The widespread migration of civil servants to high-profile positions in the private and public sectors is known in Japan as amakudari, or "descent from heaven." Recent media stories associate the practice with corruption as the former officials seek government favors for their new employers. In their timely book, Richard A. Colignon and Chikako Usui offer the first systematic exploration of this influential yet poorly understood Japanese institution.
Colignon and Usui analyze amakudari as a ministry-level phenomenon that is consciously constructed and reproduced with intricate networks in many political and corporate spheres. Drawing on five decades of qualitative and quantitative data delineating the post-retirement careers of leading bureaucrats, they examine changes in traditional job patterns. Although not as strong a force as in the 1960s and 1970s, amakudari, in their view, remains a critical feature of Japanese society and heavily shapes the relationship between government and business.
The authors warn that despite the Japanese media criticism of amakudari, it comprises a power structure resistant to radical change. Most important, their book demonstrates that a gradual weakening of this practice may not lead to a more democratic, meritocratic society.
發表於2024-09-11
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圖書標籤: 日本政治 政治經濟學 political economy Japan
與過去將下凡,貶的一錢不值的各種研究相比, 本書還是有重大意義的。我最喜歡的就是他們對於amakudari在經濟發展中的role的解釋, 很有意思。 另外, 倒數第二章有關amakudari在政界的發展,其實可以繼續引申為為何到瞭80年代, 官廳齣身的大臣/議員受到瞭嚴重的挑戰,逐漸演化為世襲/前官廳/地方議員的三足鼎立。 再則,T.J Pemple 的推薦語有點高級黑的感覺(。。。)
評分與過去將下凡,貶的一錢不值的各種研究相比, 本書還是有重大意義的。我最喜歡的就是他們對於amakudari在經濟發展中的role的解釋, 很有意思。 另外, 倒數第二章有關amakudari在政界的發展,其實可以繼續引申為為何到瞭80年代, 官廳齣身的大臣/議員受到瞭嚴重的挑戰,逐漸演化為世襲/前官廳/地方議員的三足鼎立。 再則,T.J Pemple 的推薦語有點高級黑的感覺(。。。)
評分與過去將下凡,貶的一錢不值的各種研究相比, 本書還是有重大意義的。我最喜歡的就是他們對於amakudari在經濟發展中的role的解釋, 很有意思。 另外, 倒數第二章有關amakudari在政界的發展,其實可以繼續引申為為何到瞭80年代, 官廳齣身的大臣/議員受到瞭嚴重的挑戰,逐漸演化為世襲/前官廳/地方議員的三足鼎立。 再則,T.J Pemple 的推薦語有點高級黑的感覺(。。。)
評分與過去將下凡,貶的一錢不值的各種研究相比, 本書還是有重大意義的。我最喜歡的就是他們對於amakudari在經濟發展中的role的解釋, 很有意思。 另外, 倒數第二章有關amakudari在政界的發展,其實可以繼續引申為為何到瞭80年代, 官廳齣身的大臣/議員受到瞭嚴重的挑戰,逐漸演化為世襲/前官廳/地方議員的三足鼎立。 再則,T.J Pemple 的推薦語有點高級黑的感覺(。。。)
評分與過去將下凡,貶的一錢不值的各種研究相比, 本書還是有重大意義的。我最喜歡的就是他們對於amakudari在經濟發展中的role的解釋, 很有意思。 另外, 倒數第二章有關amakudari在政界的發展,其實可以繼續引申為為何到瞭80年代, 官廳齣身的大臣/議員受到瞭嚴重的挑戰,逐漸演化為世襲/前官廳/地方議員的三足鼎立。 再則,T.J Pemple 的推薦語有點高級黑的感覺(。。。)
Amakudari 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載