Neo-liberal reforms in Japan’s tuna fisheries? A history of government-business relations in a food-producing sector

Japan Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-170

  Barclay, Kate ^a   Koh, Sun Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural nationalism; Economic nationalism; Economic reform; Fisheries; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749141119     PISSN: 09555803     EISSN: 1469932X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09555800802047475     Document Type: Article

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