ABSTRACT
Should Japan and Germany strive to restructure their institutional fabric and arrangements to make them more similar to Anglo-American standards? Where will systemic change lead? This book offers fresh insights by collecting Japanese and German contributions to this scholarly discussion both from theoretical and empirical viewpoints. A major conclusion of several papers is that the forces of differentiation are frequently underestimated. Important thematic issues include: contingency, path dependence and complementarity. Examinations of economic globalisation and rapidity of technological change pose questions about the nature of socio-economic system analysis in the future.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section A:The Contribution of Theory to Convergence Systemic Change, Convergence, and Institutional Choice—An Introduction and a Summary
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SECTION B THE PRESSURE FOR INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN JAPAN AND GERMANY
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SECTION C: THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY: WHAT MUST CHANGE. WHAT CAN STAY?
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SECTION D CONSEQUENCES FOR PUBLIC POLICY