Background
Samuels, Richard Joel was born on November 2, 1951 in New York City. Son of Sidney and Rita (Cohen) Samuels.
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The Politics of Regional Policy in Japan: Localities Incorporated? (Princeton Legacy Library)
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This is the first major study of politics and public administration in Japan to balance the prevailing view of the regional policy process from above" with a view "from below." Developing a comparative framework for understanding the place of localities in policy making, he demonstrates that relations among localities in Japan are much more important than previously supposed. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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"Rich Nation, Strong Army": National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
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Since World War II, Japan has become not only a model producer of high-tech consumer goods, but also - despite minimal spending on defense - a leader in innovative technology with both military and civilian uses. In the United States, nearly one in every three scientists and engineers was engaged in defense-related research and development at the end of the Cold War, but the relative strength of the American economy has declined in recent years. What is the relationship between what has happened in the two countries? And where did Japan's technological excellence come from? In an economic history that will arouse controversy on both sides of the Pacific, Richard J. Samuels finds a key to Japan's success in an ideology of technological development that advances national interests. From 1868 until 1945, the Japanese economy was fired by the development of technology to enhance national security; the rallying cry "Rich Nation, Strong Army" accompanied the expanded military spending and aggressive foreign policy that led to the disasters of the War in the Pacific. Postwar economic planners reversed the assumptions that had driven Japan's industrialization, Samuels shows, promoting instead the development of commercial technology and infrastructure. By valuing process improvements as much as product innovation, the modern Japanese system has built up the national capacity to innovate while ensuring that technological advances have been diffused broadly through industries such as aerospace that have both civilian and military applications. Struggling with the uncertainties of a post-Cold War economy, the United States has important lessons to learn from the way Japan has subordinated defenseproduction yet emerged as one of the most technologically sophisticated nations in the world. The Japanese, like the Venetians and the Dutch before them, show us that butter is just as likely as guns to make a nation strong, but that nations cannot hope to be strong without an id
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The Politics of Regional Policy in Japan: Localities Incorporated? (Princeton Legacy Library) by Richard J. Samuels (2014-07-14)
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The Business of the Japanese State: Energy Markets in Comparative and Historical Perspective (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
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Richard Joel Samuels
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AB, Colgate University, 1973; Master of Arts, Tufts U., 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980.
Career
Assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1983; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1987; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1987; head department political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992-1997. Member Council Foreign Rels., New York City, since 1985, vice Chairman of Commission on Japan, since 1988. Founding director Massachusetts Institute of Technology Japan Program, since 1981.
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"Rich Nation, Strong Army": National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
(Since World War II, Japan has become not only a model pro...)
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The Politics of Regional Policy in Japan: Localities Incorporated? (Princeton Legacy Library)
( This is the first major study of politics and public ad...)
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The Business of the Japanese State: Energy Markets in Comparative and Historical Perspective (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
(Book by Samuels, Richard J.)
- Rich Nation - Strong Army" National Security and the Technological Transformatio
- The Politics of Regional Policy in Japan: Localities Incorporated? (Princeton Legacy Library) by Richard J. Samuels (2014-07-14)
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"Rich Nation, Strong Army": National Security and the Technological Transformation of Japan (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
Membership
Member American Political Science Association, Association Asian Studies.
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Married Debra G., June 11, 1972. Children: Bradley M., Alexander J.
