Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Comparative Research on the State and Administration in Germany and Japan: The Framework -- I Macrostructure and Macropolitics -- Post-war Politics in Japan: Bureaucracy versus the Party/Parties in Power -- From State of Authority to Network State: The German State in Developmental Perspective -- Administrative Reform in Japan: Semi-autonomous Bureaucracy under the Pressure toward a Small Government -- Modernization of the Public Sector and Public Administration in the Federal Republic of Germany – (Mostly) A Story of Fragmented Incrementalism -- II Policy Arenas and Networks – A Comparative Policy Approach -- Social Policy in Japan: Building a Welfare State in a Conservative One Dominant Party System -- State and Society in German Social Policy: “Path-dependent” Responses to New Challenges -- Financing the Japanese Industries: Industrial Policies of The Financial Ministry and Financial Policies of The Industrial Ministry -- Industrial Policy in Germany: Old Issues and New Challenges -- Cooptation or New Possibility? Japanese Labor Politics in the Era of Neo-Conservatism -- Concerted Cooperation and Immobilism: Labour Policy in Germany and the Regulation of Early Exit -- Three Contentious Issues in the Political Process of Telecommunications Liberalization in Japan: Neglect of Infrastructural Problems? -- III The Governance Structure -- Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy: Political Intervention and Market Competition in the Distribution System -- Future Perspectives of State and Administration in Japan and Germany -- About the Contributors -- Backmatter