 | ISBN: 978-1-55587-887-0 $62.00 | |
| 2000/284 pages/LC: 99-42365 A Study of the East Asian Institute | ||
Suzuki points out that, just as modern state leaders must strike a balance between the appropriate roles of the market and the state in determining how scarce resources are to be allocated internally, so must they continually negotiate with their foreign counterparts to foster freer international markets while mitigating the social costs they entail. States are confronted with the challenge of devising budgetary policies that accomodate both domestic and international concerns; Suzuki offers a cogent account of how the Japanese state has responded to this challenge.
"Japan's Budget Politics provides an excellent narrative account of the politics of international macro coordination over the last quarter century.... a welcome contribution to the literature and a valuable resource for researchers."—Gregory W. Noble, The Journal of Politics
"An excellent and otherwise largely unavailable chronicle of the ways in which public policy in Japan has been shaped by political entrepreneurs…. Suzuki's book is a worthy heir to John Campbell's classic work on Japanese budgeting, demonstrating how shifting currents in domestic and international politics combine to influence policy outcomes. [It is] an invaluable resource."—Leonard J. Schoppa, University of Virginia