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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION THE SPECIFIC ARGUMENT ABOUT THE MAFF THE GENERAL THEORY OF STATE INTERVENTION OUTLINE OF THE BOOK PART I - THE INTERVENTIONIST STATE MODEL 2 MODES AND MEANS OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION A TYPOLOGY OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION THE ARCHITECTURE OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION The central administrators of intervention The legal framework of intervention Financial structures of intervention The ancillary apparatus of intervention The practice of administrative guidance The practice of amakudari 3 THEORISING GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND BUREAUCRATIC SELF-INTEREST THE COLLECTIVE BENEFITS OF INTERVENTION DISTINGUISHING COLLECTIVE AND PERSONAL BENEFITS 'IRON TRIANGLES' OF VESTED INTEREST IN INTERVENTION IMPLICATIONS FOR BUREAUCRATIC POLICY CHOICE PART II - THE MAFF AND AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTION 4 THE MAFF THE MAFF'S ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE, MISSION AND ADMINISTRATIVE PURVIEW MAFF bureaus, regional organisations and agencies MAFF officialdom Official duties of the ministry in law The MAFF's organisational ordinance 5 MODES AND MEANS OF AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTION A TYPOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTION Direct market participation Regulatory intervention Allocatory intervention Subsidies and loans Agricultural pricing systems THE ARCHITECTURE OF AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTION The legal foundations of agricultural intervention The financial apparatus of agricultural intervention The MAFF's institutional adjuncts The exercise of MAFF administrative guidance The practice of amakudari by MAFF officials CONCLUSION 6 AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTION AND BUREAUCRATIC SELF- INTEREST THE BENEFITS OF INTERVENTION FOR THE MAFF AND ITS OFFICIALS Staff numbers Budget size Size of auxiliary infastructure Intervention as a source of bureaucratic power The Food Agency MAFF gikan Amakudari Post-retirement careers in politics Harnessing the power of agriculture in national politics Intra-ministry competition The MAFF's auxiliary agencies THE PRIVATE INTEREST OF MAFF OFFICIALS IN INTERVENTION PART III - THE PURSUIT OF MAFF INTERESTS IN INTERVENTION 7 MAINTAINING THE FOUNDATIONS OF MAFF INTERVENTION MAINTAINING A VIABLE BUT DEPENDENT FARM SECTOR CREATING AND DEFENDING GAIKAKU DANTAI AND THEIR FUNCTIONS SAFEGUARDING THE BENEFITS OF STATE TRADING IMPORT SYSTEMS EXPANDING THE WEB OF VESTED INTERESTS IN INTERVENTION THE NEW BASIC LAW AND MAFF REORGANISATION REDESIGNING FOOD AGENCY FUNCTIONS BSE AND MAFF RESTRUCTURING UPHOLDING THE MAFF'S SUBSIDY POWERS EXPANDING THE MAFF'S INTERVENTIONIST DOMAIN 8 THE THREE PILLARS OF MAFF AGRICULTURAL POLICY RICE MARKET INTERVENTION EXPENDITURE ON BUDBETARY SUBSIDIES The Basic Law The 'comprehensive agricultural policy' Rice production adjustment Promoting jishu ry-ts-mai Public works spending The New Basic Law Fiscal opportunism MAINTAINING IMPORT BARRIERS 9 CONCLUSION
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Agriculture and state Japan, Japan Commercial policy, Japan, Nåorin Suisanshåo