List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part One: Introduction: Institutional Change in Japan’s Agricultural Sector
1. Japan’s Agricultural Support and Protection Regime
2. Toward a Local Perspective on Gradual Institutional Change
3. Institutional Change in Japanese Agricultural Support and Protection through the Local Lens
Part Two: Japan’s Agricultural Support and Protection over Time
4. Postwar Evolution of Support and Protection
5. Gradual Change and Increasing Institutional Ambiguity in Agricultural Support and Protection
Part Three: Local Agricultural Regimes and Village Institutions
6. Different Local Manifestations of Macro-Level Change
7. Postwar Formation of Local Agricultural Regimes and Village Institutions
Part Four: Village Institutions as Dynamic Resources – Local Renegotiation of Agricultural Support and Protection
8. Farmland Consolidation as a Social Process
9. Local Variations of Agricultural Entrepreneurship
10. Hamlet-Based Collective Farming and Village Institutions
11. Boundary Change: Decreasing Prospects for Comprehensive Local Institutional Agency
Part Five: Conclusions
12. Renegotiating Japan’s Agricultural Support and Protection
13. Institutional Change through the Local Lens
Appendix A: Field Research
Appendix B: Interviews
Appendix C: Types of Farms in Japan
Appendix D: Paddy Field Subsidies
Notes
References
Index