The Origin of Japan's Protectionist Agricultural Policy

Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-53942-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

This book explores the origins of Japan’s protectionist agricultural policies through an in-depth historical analysis of Japanese agricultural policies between the Meiji period and the end of WWII.

It offers a constructivist account for the rise of protectionism, examining the policies of prewar agricultural bureaucrats who played critical roles in the policymaking process. It argues that protectionist agricultural policy in Japan was not originally generated by the "iron triangle" (a political alliance consisted of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Agricultural Ministry, and farmers’ organizations) but by a prewar agricultural bureaucrats’ policy idea called shono ron (thoughts on small-scale farming). Ultimately the book reveals how, contrary to suggestions of previous scholarship, the protective measures based on shono ron forged the necessary conditions for the emergence of "iron triangle" after the end of WWII, which in turn institutionalized Japan’s subsequent protectionist agricultural regime.

Examining such topics as the origin of protectionist policy, the formation of actors’ preferences, and the broader effects of agricultural policy ideas, this book will be a valuable reading for scholars and students of Japanese politics, agricultural policy, and political economy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sasada, Hironori

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Protectionist Agricultural Policy in Japan

2 Modernization and Agricultural Policy in Meiji

3 The Rise of Agricultural Bureaucrats

4 Food Control System

5 The Economic Correction Plan

6 The Past and Future of Japanese Agriculture

Über Autor(innen)

Hironori Sasada is Professor of Japanese studies at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. His areas of specialty include political economy of Japan and East Asia, foreign policy, and party politics.