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ECON 351
Special Topic: The Rise and Fall of Japanese Economic Power, 1945-2000
18 points. Semester 2.
Overview
This course examines the foundations of Japan’s sustained
economic growth since 1945 and the immediate causes of her economic
setback from the 1990s. It traces the impact of defeat in 1945,
the subsequent American occupation, and the way in which government,
management, workers and the financial sector engineered rapid economic
growth from the 1950s. The course focuses particularly upon the
emergence of the 'developmental state' and the shifting relationship
between the state and the market during the period of high growth.
It includes an analysis of the economic setbacks that Japan suffered
from the early 1970s, but especially in the aftermath of financial
crises from the 1980s. It concludes with a brief assessment of whether
the sun has finally set upon a country which dominated comparative
economic performance for the greater part of the post-World War
II period.
Paper Co-ordinator
Prof. Rick Garside
Prerequisites
18 200-level ECON points.
Course Outline
You can download the 2008 Course
Outline in pdf format.
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