Explaining Policy Failure
Japan and the International Economy, 1969–1971
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6296754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert C Angel (University of South Carolina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-194 |
| Publication date | 1988-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-814X • E-ISSN: 1469-7815 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0143814x00006978 |
| OpenAlex | W1978927659 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper examines the determinants of Japan's most serious postwar blunder: failure to define and implement effective and timely counter-measures to deal with its change from deficit to surplus international monetary status during the 1969–1971 period. It concludes that intense bureaucratic compartmentalization and a lack of supra-ministerial leadership of national policy were key determinants of this failure, leaving Japan's political system dependent upon irresistible external pressure (gai-atsu,) in this case from the United States, to define and force implementation of necessary policy changes. This critical but largely ignored episode illustrates a negative aspect of the traditional insulation of Japan's national bureacracy from political (as opposed to administrative) interference in the definition and pursuit of basic national policy objectives
Bureaucracy · Compartmentalization (fire protection · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · National economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.03 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1993 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |