Neoliberalization of the developmental state: Tokyo's bottom-up politics and state rescaling in Japan

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-89

  Tsukamoto, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental state; Globalization; Japan; Neoliberalism; State rescaling; Tokyo; Urban politics; World cities

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; STATE ROLE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POLITICS; WORLD CITY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84355161799     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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