Japan's Civil Service System: Its Structure, Personnel, and Politics

by Paul Kim

Overview

Japan's Civil Service System is a comprehensive description of the organization, staffing, and actual daily workings of the postwar Japanese government bureaucracy. Written for students of Japanese government, comparative government, and public policy, the book is based on research in both the U.S. and Japan and numerous interviews with Japanese government officials. At a time when the present system is the subject of fierce debate within Japan—between critics who seek to remove Western influence and supporters who cite the system's productivity and efficiency—this systematic study of its history, personnel, and policy-making process is especially valuable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313261503
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/25/1988
Series:	Contributions in Political Science , #202
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

PAUL S. KIM is Professor of Political Science at Gannon University in Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Japan's National Bureaucracy: Its Structure and Control
The Japanese Recruitment System in the Public Sector
A Profile of the Japanese Higher Civil Servant
The Retirement System of the Japanese Higher Public Servants A Comparative Study
Japan's Local Public Administration
Japan's Bureaucratic Decision-Making Process: The Textbook Case
The Role of Higher Civil Servants in the Defense Policy-Making Process
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index