State power and multinational oil corporations
Subtitle: the political economy of market intervention in Canada and Japan
By: Takamichi Mito.
Publisher: Kyushu University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Fukuoka-shi, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Canada.; Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Japan.; International business enterprises -- Government policy -- Canada.; International business enterprises -- Government policy -- Japan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Introduction; title: 1. About This Study; title: 2. The Case Study; title: 3. Some Key Concepts Defined; title: 4. Significance of the Study; title: Notes and References; title: Chapter 2 Contending Approaches to the Study of State Power and; title: their Implications; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Liberal-Pluralist Approach; title: 3. The Marxist Approach; title: 4. The Power Elite Approach; title: 5. The Statist Approach; title: 6. Conclusion; title: Notes and References; title: Chapter 3 An Alternative Research Strategy for a Statist Analysis; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Research Design; title: 3. State Influence and Autonomy; title: 4. Ideal Types of the State; title: 5. Independent Variables; title: 6. Intervening Variables; title: 7. State Influence and Autonomy in the Policy Process; title: Notes and References; title: Chapter 4 Canadian and Japanese Political Culture and State Power; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Canadian Political Culture and State Power; title: 3. Japanese Political Culture and State Power; title: 4. Conclusion; title: Notes and References; title: Chapter 5 The Petroleum Policy Environment and the Canadian and; title: Japanese States; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The International Petroleum Policy Environment and the Canadian and; title: Japanese States; title: 3. The Domestic Oil Policy Environment and the Canadian and Japanese; title: States; title: 4. Conclusion; title: Notes and References; title: Chapter 6 Canada's National Oil Policy and the Petroleum Industry,; title: 1960-1973; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. State Influence and Autonomy and the Development of the National Oil; title: Policy (NOP); title: 3. State Influence and Autonomy in Implementing the NOP; title: 4. The Nature of Oil Policy Issues, 1961-1972; title: 5. Ideologies and Belief Systems of State Leaders 1; title: 6. Political Dynamics; title: 7. Conclusion; title: Notes and References; title: Chapter 7 Japan's Petroleum Industry Law and Oil Industry,; title: 1960-1973; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Oil Industry and the State in the Legislation of the Petroleum; title: Industry Law; title: 3. MITI and the Implementation of the Petroleum Industry Law; title: 4. The Nature of Oil Policy Issues During the High Growth Era; title: 5. Ideology and Belief Systems of State Leaders; title: 6. Political Dynamics; title: 7. Conclusion; title: Notes and References; title: Chapter 8 The Oil Crisis and the Canadian Response, 1973-1980; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Oil Crisis and the Canadian Response; title: 3. The Nature of Petroleum Policy Issues; title: 4. Ideologies and Belief Systems of State Leaders; title: 5. Political Dynamics; title: 6. Conclusion; title: Notes and References; title: Chapter 9 The Oil Crisis and the Japanese Response, 1973-1980; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Japanese Responses to the Oil Crisis; title: 3. The Japanese State and the Development of Energy Policy; title: in the Post-Crisis Era; title: 4. The Nature of Petroleum Issues; title: 5. The Ideologies and Belief Systems of State Leaders; title: 6. Political Dynamics; title: 7. Conclusion; title: Notes and References Chapter 10 Conclusion; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Causes of Contention over State Power and Autonomy; title: 3. The Model of State Influence and Autonomy; title: 4. The Influence and Autonomy of the Canadian and Japanese States in the; title: Petroleum Policy Process: an Analysis of Dependent Variables; title: 5. Political Culture and State Influence and Autonomy: an Analysis of; title: Independent Variable I; title: 6. The Policy Environment and State Influence and Autonomy:; title: an Analysis of Independent Variable II; title: 7. The Nature of Policy Issues and State Influence and Autonomy:; title: an Analysis of Intervening Variable I; title: 8. Ideology and Beliefs of State Leaders and State Influence and Autonomy:; title: an Analysis of Intervening Variable II; title: 9. The State's Internal Political Dynamics and State Influence and Autonomy:; title: an Analysis of Intervening Variable III; title: 10. The Ideal Types and the Canadian and Japanese States; title: 11. The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Statist Approach and General; title: Conditions for Increased Market Intervention by the Government; title: 12. The Relevance of the Approach to the Study of MNC-State or Business; title: Government Relations, Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy; title: 13. Implications of This Study for the Future Course of Business-; title: Government Relations and State Intervention in Canada and Japan; title: 14. Suggestions for Further Research; title: Notes and References; title: Bibliography; title: Index.