Gendai Nihon no Shinbun to Seiji — Chihōshi, Zenkokushi to Yūkensha, Seijika (Newspapers and Politics in Contemporary Japan: Local Papers, National Papers, Voters, and Politicians), Seijika, by Kaneko Tomoki

Research Article| March 01 1996 Pork Barrel Politics, Networks, and Local Economic Development in Contemporary Japan Haruhiro Fukui, Haruhiro Fukui Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Shigeko N. Fukai Shigeko N. Fukai Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1996) 36 (3): 268–286. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645692 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Haruhiro Fukui, Shigeko N. Fukai; Pork Barrel Politics, Networks, and Local Economic Development in Contemporary Japan. Asian Survey 1 March 1996; 36 (3): 268–286. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2645692 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAsian Survey Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1996 The Regents of the University of California Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

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Like many books engaged with the politics and values of science and technology, this volume focuses on Japan's most recent past, and many readers will be pleased with its up-to-the-minute coverage. It takes as its largest theme the contribution of science and technology to economic growth and the well-being of the Japanese people. However, the book suggests that these two goals are often in conflict with one another, pointing out that what benefits local politicians, national bureaucrats, and big business often fails to serve the general public. In this it is squarely in the tradition of a scattering of books that attempt to count the social costs of Japan's rapid technological development.