Comparing Post War Japanese and Finnish Economies and Societies (eBook, ePUB)

Longitudinal perspectives
Redaktion: Tanaka, Yasushi; Eloranta, Jari; Ojala, Jari; Tamaki, Toshiaki

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book compares between Japan and Finland to offer a fruitful platform for the study of the similarities and differences in economic and societal development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317597629
• Artikelnr.: 41836235

Autorenporträt

Yasushi Tanaka is a Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Economics at Kyoto Sangyo University. He is a labour economist with particular interests in human capital theory, OJT, cooperative education, and economic inequality. Toshiaki Tamaki is a Professor of Economic History at Kyoto Sangyo University, Faculty of Economics. He specializes in economic history of early modern Europe. Jari Ojala is a Professor of Comparative Business History at the University of Jyväskylä, Department of History and Ethnology. He specializes in maritime and business history. Jari Eloranta is a Professor of History at the Appalachian State University, USA, and Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Economic History at the University of Jyväskylä. He specializes in comparative economic and business history, especially 19th and 20th century government and military spending and conflicts.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. Comparing Japanese and Finnish Economies and Societies - Longitudinal Perspectives
Jari Ojala
Yasushi Tanaka
Toshiaki Tamaki
and Jari Eloranta 2. Longitudinal Comparative Historical Analysis: Challenges and Possibilities
Pavel Osinsky and Jari Eloranta Part 2: Welfare Societies 3. Two Paths to Building a Welfare Society: The Development of Work and Family-related Policies in Post-War Finland and Japan
Maare Paloheimo
Kota Sugahara
Tadashi Fukui
and Merja Uotila 4.Higher Education Systems and Labour Market Outcomes in Japan and Finland
1950 - 2010
Anu Ojala
Yasushi Tanaka and Olli Turunen 5. Military Spending in Japan and Finland: From Warfare to Welfare State
Jari Eloranta and Yasushi Tanaka Part 3: Macroeconomic Policies 6. Macroeconomic Thinking and Policymaking in Post-War Japan and Finland: The Role of Keynesian Macroeconomics
Toshiaki Tamaki and Timo Särkkä 7. Energy Supply and Regulation
Park Seung-Joon and Esa Ruuskanen 8. The Financial Crisis of the 1990s in Finland and Japan
Kari Heimonen
Shigeyoshi Miyagawa and Yoji Morita Part 4: Trade and Industry 9. Finnish-Japanese Trade Relations from Protectionism to Free Trade
1919 - 2010
Juha Sahi and Kazuhiro Igawa 10. Growth of an Industry: A Comparison of Paper Industry in Japan and Finland
Pasi Sajasalo and Kazuhiro Igawa Part 5: Concluding Remarks 11. Concluding Thoughts on the Finnish-Japanese Comparison
Christopher Lloyd