State and administration in Japan and Germany: a comparative perspective on continuity and change

In: De Gruyter studies in organization 75

Abstract

3.3 Local Level4 Development Since the Late 1980s: Upsurge of a "Modernization of the Public Sector� Debate in Germany vis-à -vis Changed International and Domestic Contexts -- 4.1 Federal Level -- 4.2 L�nder Level -- 4.3 Local Level -- 5 German Unification and Administrative Reform -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- II Policy Arenas and Networks � A Comparative Policy Approach -- Social Policy in Japan: Building a Welfare State in a Conservative One Dominant Party System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Analytical Framework