Strategies and Structural Contradictions
Growth Coalition Politics in Japan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5100714 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Broadbent (0000-0002-4792-7984, Twin Cities Orthopedics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 707 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2117749 |
| OpenAlex | W2332424801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 14 |
The elite coalition that pushes local industrial growth is composed of six actors: local state, business, and party and national state, business, and party. The question of which dominates the coalition reflects current debates about the structure of power in capitalist society. This paper addresses these debates through the detailed study of a growth coalition in a rural industrialization project in southern Japan. It traces the strategies and modes of influence of the six actors, their structure and process, through the 25-year history of the project. Contrary to the strong image of Japan, national big business dominated the growth coalition. The rest of the society, including the state, adjusted around its motion. This resulted in policies which favored economic growth over social needs, giving some of the other actors legitimation problems. Yet, success at rapid growth prevented these from assuming crisis proportions. The findings run counter to state autonomy arguments and suggest closer attention be paid to multiple levels of structure and process
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2024 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |