Resilience and Autonomy in Prewar and Wartime Japan: The Internal Governance of Industries (1925-1945)

Resilience and Autonomy in Prewar and Wartime Japan: The Internal Governance of Industries (1925-1945) examines industrial manufacturing organizations' collective actions and interactions with the government, revealing the private sector's frustration with impractical state policies and their vigorous response. It explores the industry sector's resilience, leadership, and initiative in self-governance and asserting power over authorities, even when government controls were nominally in effect.

Format: Hardback
Length: 338 pages
Publication date: 15 December 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

Resilience and Autonomy in Prewar and Wartime Japan: The Internal Governance of Industries (1925-1945) sheds light on the mechanisms through which industrial manufacturing organizations in Japan engaged in collective actions and how they interacted with each other and responded to government interference. Interestingly, the nature of the conflict between the authorities and the private sector in Japan remains remarkably similar to that of the prewar era. The private sector had grown weary of ineffective state policies and had responded forcefully because its very existence was at stake. This book delves specifically into the manufacturing industries and examines the extent to which industry groups collectively responded to crisis situations and engaged with the authorities. It underscores the remarkable resilience, leadership, and initiative exhibited by the industry sector in self-governance and assertion of power over the authorities, even when government controls were nominally in place.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793649300