Resilience and Autonomy in Prewar and Wartime Japan

Hiromi Murakami

doi:10.5771/9781793649317

Summary

Resilience and Autonomy in Prewar and Wartime Japan: The Internal Governance of Industries (1925-1945) illuminates the processes by which industrial manufacturing organizations in Japan conducted collective actions, and how and under what conditions industries interacted with each other and responded to government interference. Surprisingly, the nature of the struggle between the authorities and the private sector in Japan remains the same today as it did during the prewar period. The private sector had been frustrated with impractical state policies and responded vigorously because its survival was at stake. This book specifically delves into the manufacturing industries and explores the extent to which industry groups collectively responded to crisis situations and interacted with the authorities. It highlights the remarkable resilience, leadership, and initiative displayed by the industry sector in self-governance and assertion of power over authorities, even when government controls were nominally in effect.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4930-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4931-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 316
Product type: Book Titles

1. 1. Figures No access
  2. Tables No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Abbreviations No access
1. The Major Argument: Private Initiatives Matter No access
2. Definitions of Self-Regulations, Resilience, Rivalry, and Resistance No access
3. Paradox: Cartels Increased Competition No access
4. 1. 1. Rivalry and Resilience: How Do Industries Cope with Crises and Achieve Cooperation? No access
    2. Industry’s Response to External Interventions: Does Experience Matter to Resilience? No access
5. 1. Cartel Organizations in the 1920s and 1930s No access
  2. Tōseikai (Control Associations) during Wartime No access
  3. Structure of the Book No access
6. Notes No access
1. Crises Had Shaped the Japanese Economy in the 1920s and 1930s No access
2. Wartime Economic Conditions Shaped Public and Private Actors No access
3. 1. The Important Industry Control Law and the Limit of State Power No access
  2. The Ideals-Oriented Bureaucrats Promoted Institutional Shifts No access
  3. Critical Failure of the Government: Inconsistent Pricing Policy No access
  4. Strengthened Control under the National Mobilization Law No access
  5. Failure of Taisei Yokusankai: Authorities-Led Nationwide Grassroots Control Association No access
4. 1. Historical Roots of Private Networks Strengthened Industrial Organizations No access
  2. Source of Strength: Cartels Voluntarily Organized, Not Forced No access
  3. The Private Sector Reestablished the Concept of a New Economic System No access
  4. Industry-Desired Consensus-Building vs. State-Desired Bureaucratic Direction No access
  5. The Private Sector Distrusted the Government’s Contradictory Economic Policies No access
  6. Clash between the Private Sector and the Government over Different Dreams No access
5. 1. US Approach to Industries: Control through “Code” No access
6. Notes No access
1. Why Collaborate? Governance and Resilience within an Industry No access
2. Rivalry and Governance No access
3. 1. Level 0 No access
  2. Level 1 No access
  3. Level 2 No access
4. 1. (1) Resilient Industries with Strong Leadership No access
  2. (2) Independent Industries with Weak Integrity No access
  3. (3) Resilient Industries with Fragmented Leadership No access
  4. (4) Disintegrated Industries with Divided Leadership No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Cotton-Spinning Industry No access
2. The Steel Bar Industry (Prewar) No access
3. The Pig Iron Industry No access
4. 1. Wartime Tōseikai and Industry Activities No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Machine Tools Industry No access
2. The Steel Industry (Wartime) No access
3. The Automobile Industry No access
4. Notes No access
1. The Ammonium Sulfate Industry No access
2. The Textile Industry (Wartime) No access
3. 1. Wartime Activities No access
4. Notes No access
1. The Cement Industry (Prewar) No access
2. The Cement Industry (Wartime) No access
3. 1. Jurisdiction Fight and Wartime tōseikai Activities No access
4. Notes No access
1. Private Initiative: Industry Leaders Embraced Democratic Governance No access
2. Rational Mechanism: Concessions to Smaller Firms No access
3. Private Leadership and Independence No access
4. War Further Strengthened Private-Sector Institutions No access
5. Weak Government: Incapable of Solving Problems? No access
6. Lessons from Industry’s Varied Interactions with the Government No access
7. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 291 - 300
Index No access Pages 301 - 314
About the Author No access Pages 315 - 316