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Contemporary capitalism and civil society :

9789811305177

981130517X

9789811305160

9811305161

Contemporary capitalism and civil society :

[Book]

the Japanese experience /

Toshio Yamada.

Singapore :

Springer,

[2018]

©2018

1 online resource

Evolutionary economics and social complexity science ;

volume 14

Includes bibliographical references.

Intro; Preface; Explanatory Notes; Contents; Part I: Postwar Japan and the Theory of Civil Society; Chapter 1: Political Economy in Japan After World War II; 1.1 An Overview of Japan's Postwar Political Economy; 1.2 Directions of Economic Reconstruction; 1.2.1 The Theory of State Monopoly Capitalism; 1.2.2 Modernization Theory; 1.2.3 Uno Theory; 1.3 High Economic Growth and Its Significance; 1.3.1 The Socialization Theory of SMC; 1.3.2 The Crisis Theory Approach to SMC; 1.3.3 Civil Society Theory; 1.4 Universalities and Particularities of Japanese-Style Capitalism.

1.4.1 Long-Term Global Depression1.4.2 The Japanese-Style Economic System; 1.5 Defining Characteristics and Problematic Aspects of Marxian Theories of Contemporary Capitalism in Postwar Japan; 1.5.1 State Monopoly Capitalism and Uno's Three-Level Theory; 1.5.2 Layering the Three Levels and Privileging the 19th Century; 1.6 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2: Yoshihiko Uchida and His Thoughts on Civil Society: Between Equality in Exchange and Equality as Human Beings; 2.1 The Life and Works of Yoshihiko Uchida; 2.2 Civil Society as Pure Capitalism.

2.3 Civil Society as a Society That Upholds the Law of Value2.4 The Buying and Selling of Labor Power Commodities and Civil Society; 2.5 Civil Society as Appropriation in Accordance with Ability; 2.6 Civil Society That Must Pass Through History and Be Realized; 2.7 A Civil Society Rooted in the Absoluteness of Being Alive; 2.8 In Closing-From "Each Person"; References; Chapter 3: Kiyoaki Hirata and His Thoughts on Civil Society; 3.1 Life and Works of Kiyoaki Hirata; 3.2 Quesnay's Tableau Économique and the Circuit of Productive Capital.

3.2.1 The Perspective of the Circuit of Productive Capital3.2.2 Circuit Theory and Reproduction Theory; 3.2.3 Germination of Civil Society Thought; 3.3 Marx and Civil Society; 3.3.1 Property Theory in Grundrisse; 3.3.2 Hirata's Concepts of Civil Society; 3.3.3 The Reestablishment of Individual Property; 3.4 Gramsci and the Perspective of Hegemony and Institution; 3.4.1 Civil Society and Hegemony in Gramsci; 3.4.2 Civil Society and Régulation; 3.5 What Was Hirata's Thinking on Civil Society?; References; Part II: The Rise and Fall of Contemporary Japanese Capitalism.

Chapter 4: The Introduction of Régulation Theory in Japan4.1 The State of Political Economy in Japan in the 1980s; 4.2 The Fundamental Perspective and Basic Concepts of Régulation Theory; 4.2.1 Fundamental Perspective: The Social Régulation of Capitalism; 4.2.2 Five Basic Concepts; 4.3 Fordism and Historical Transformations in Capitalism; 4.3.1 The Growth and Crisis of Fordism; 4.3.2 Historical Transformations in Capitalism; 4.4 Finance-Led Economies and the Diversity of Capitalism; 4.4.1 The Finance-Led Mode of Development; 4.4.2 The Diversity of Capitalism; 4.5 Conclusion; References.

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This book is devoted to analyzing contemporary capitalism both in Japan and in the world economy by using the theoretical framework of the French régulation theory and by revisiting the theory of civil society in postwar Japan. The Japanese theory of civil society proposed unique thinking about "freedom and equality" and "human rights" in the postwar era but could not help to come up with effective concepts for an economic analysis of that capitalism of the period. On the other hand, the régulation theory born in the 1970s is well known by its definition of postwar capitalism as Fordism, based on the elaboration of a new conceptual framework, but it soon proved unable to directly explain Japan's experience by that central concept of Fordism. Inspired by consideration of Japanese civil society and also by the regulationist framework, the author has forged new analytical concepts such as "companyism" to understand Japanese capitalism including the recent "lost decades", and he elaborates more carefully the concepts of "growth regime" and "institutional change" to grasp the dynamics of the world economy including today's neoliberal trend. The original benefits of the book consist in 1) reviving a Japanese theory of civil society in the postwar period, 2) applying the régulation theory to the analysis of contemporary Japan, and 3) offering theoretical reflections on the conception of the world economy. Consequently, the author pays special attention to the relationship between the political and the economic as well as regulationist tools and the theory of civil society's perspective. The principal message of the book is that capitalism or the market economy must be supported by a sound civil society.--

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Contemporary capitalism and civil society.

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Capitalism-- Japan-- History-- 20th century.

Capitalism-- Japan-- History-- 21st century.

Civil society-- Japan-- History.

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