Race for the Exits: The Unraveling of Japan's System of Social Protection

Abstract

“This creative and important book addresses the most profound conundrum posed by Japanese politics in the past few decades: Given economic collapse and the failure of reform, why aren’t the Japanese up in arms? The writing is lively, the research thorough, the argumentation consistently helpful. Schoppa’s take on the relationship between exit and voice will interest comparativists and political economists, and his special attention to the plight of women in the Japanese labor market will attract readers in gender studies. Race for the Exits also has much to say to those interested in how public policy can address market failures.” —Frances Rosenbluth, Yale University