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The search for national identity and Japanese industrial policy, 1950-1969

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Gao, B
Published in: Nations and Nationalism
January 1, 1998

Economic nationalism reflected in Japanese industrial policy experienced two distinctive stages during 1950-69. It was fragmented in the 1950s as political actors held competing perceptions of national interest and consequently asserted contesting strategies for industrial policy. The tensions between the conservative and the progressive eventually led to a clash in 1960 on the issue of the renewal of the Japan-US security treaty. Economic nationalism began to unify the country in the 1960s as political actors were able to build a consensus on national interest based on economic growth and united around a grand strategy of high growth and liberalisation of trade. During this transition, the perceived external threat to the nation was a major force in generating the momentum for economic nationalism in policy-making, while a fair distribution of economic welfare among social classes through industrial policy was indispensable for economic nationalism to obtain public support.

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Nations and Nationalism

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1354-5078

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

4

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2

Start / End Page

227 / 245

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  • Political Science & Public Administration
 

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Gao, B. (1998). The search for national identity and Japanese industrial policy, 1950-1969. Nations and Nationalism, 4(2), 227–245. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1354-5078.1998.00227.x
Gao, B. “The search for national identity and Japanese industrial policy, 1950-1969.” Nations and Nationalism 4, no. 2 (January 1, 1998): 227–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1354-5078.1998.00227.x.
Gao B. The search for national identity and Japanese industrial policy, 1950-1969. Nations and Nationalism. 1998 Jan 1;4(2):227–45.
Gao, B. “The search for national identity and Japanese industrial policy, 1950-1969.” Nations and Nationalism, vol. 4, no. 2, Jan. 1998, pp. 227–45. Scopus, doi:10.1111/j.1354-5078.1998.00227.x.
Gao B. The search for national identity and Japanese industrial policy, 1950-1969. Nations and Nationalism. 1998 Jan 1;4(2):227–245.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nations and Nationalism

DOI

ISSN

1354-5078

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

4

Issue

2

Start / End Page

227 / 245

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration