Race for the exits : the unraveling of Japan's system of social protection /

Schoppa, Leonard J. 1962-

Race for the exits : the unraveling of Japan's system of social protection / Leonard J. Schoppa. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006. - xvi, 247 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-242) and index.

Exit, voice, and Japan's economic problems -- Taking exit and voice seriously -- Productive and protective elements of convoy capitalism -- The race for the exits begins -- The policy impact of hollowing out -- Case studies in economic reform -- The policy impact of exit by women -- Exceptions that prove the rule -- Toward a new system of social protection in Japan.

0801444330 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801444333


Social security--Japan.
Economic security--Japan.
Human services--Japan.


Japan--Social conditions--1945-
Japan--Economic conditions--1989-
Japan--Social policy.
Japan--Economic policy--1989-

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