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100	1		_aBROADBENT, Jeffrey P _932078
245	1	0	_aSocial capital and labor politics in Japan : _bcooperation or cooptation?
260			_aDordrecht, Netherlands : _bSpringer, _cDecember 2000
520	3		_aSocial capital, derived from voluntary cooperative relationships and memberships, is thought to enhance a groups capacity to attain a common good. Japan enjoys plentiful social capital, which affects all aspects of society, even politics. One would expect that social capital would facilitate parties to arrive at equitable labor policies and reduce overt political conflict in Japan. Has this cooperation occurred, or has labor been coopted? My study addresses this question through the analysis of networks among organizations active in labor-related policy decisions. I focus on Japan with some reference to the United States. The analysis shows that, indeed, networks of social capital weave together government, business, and labor very tightly in Japan (but only labor in the U.S.). The more tightly social capital ties labor to the state, the less it differs from the states preferred policy. Intense differences of material interests, though, as indicated by the case of a health care policy decision, weaken this integrative capacity of social capital. The Labor Ministry tries to use social capital to build consensus between labor and business, but diverging interests erode such consensus. These findings indicate that even under favorable conditions, social capital exists in tension with more instrumental interest patterns
773	0	8	_tPolicy Sciences _g33, 3-4, p. 307-321 _dDordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, December 2000 _xISSN 0032-2867 _w
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998			_a20070530 _b1746^b _cTiago
998			_a20070604 _b1454^b _cZailton
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c23733 _d23733
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