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From: John L Gulick <jlgulick@uclink3.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 17:14:03 -0500
To: chriscd@jhu.edu
Subject: _SJ_ announcement
Japan's Changing Role in the World-System
Just at the moment when it is achieving full recognition as
the hub of the world economy's most dynamic region of capital
accumulation, Japan has been beset by a prolonged recession, crisis
in the system of political legitimation, and a questioning of its
national identity and role in international affairs. _Japan Enters
the Twenty-First Century_ (Vol. 21:1), edited by Gregory Shank,
offers a retrospective analysis of the changes and continuities in
Japanese economy and culture as it uneasily assumes the status of
hegemonic leadership in the East Asian Pacific Rim.
This 252-page edition contains articles by twelve social
scientists and scholars of Japan who explore tensions and
compatibilites between the Japanese and U.S. governments in the
post-Cold War era; new investment and organizational strategies
employed by Japanese transnational corporations; the "shake-up" in
the ruling alliance of big business, state bureaucrats, and LDP
elected officials; the new illegal immigration into Japan; and the
possibilities and limitations of justice and equity for marginal
groups in Japanese society.
_Japan Enters the Twenty-First Century_ is a crucial resource
for U.S. and all "progressives" who wish to know more about the
much-neglected topic of Japan's changing role in the world polity
and economy. Detailed historical and empirical studies on issues
ranging from the potential demise of "corporate culture" to
property crimes make the issue an excellent complement to recent
broad-ranging world-systems material on rivalry and hegemony in the
late Twentieth Century.
Contents include:
Satoshi Ikeda, "Japanese Accumulation Structure and the
Postwar World-System"
Saskia Sassen, "Economic Internationalization: The New
Migration in Japan and the United States"
Momo Iida, "The Fall of the 1955 System in Japanese Politics
and the Current Crisis of Hegemony"
Tetsuya Fujimoto and Won-Kyu Park, "Is Japan Exceptional?
Reconsidering Japanese Crime Rates"
This issue is available for $12.00 per copy. Allow an
additional $2.00 for postage and handling. A 20% discount is
available to bookstores or individuals ordering 10 or more copies.
Subscriptions also available: $ 35.00/yr. (U.S.). Checks should be
made payable to _Social Justice_. VISA/Mastercard are accepted. E-
mail: "gregorys9@aol.com". Snail-mail: _Social Justice_, P.O. Box
40601, San Francisco, CA 94140.
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