Ergebnisse zweier von den Herausgebern initiierter Symposien in Berlin und Kyoto. Inhalt: Michio Muramatsu / Frieder Naschold: Comparative Research on the State and Administration in Germany and Japan: The Framework (1-10). I. Macrostructure and Macropolitics: Michio Muramatsu: Post-war Politics in Japan: Bureaucracy versus the Party/Parties in Power (13-37); Gerhard Lehmbruch: From State of Authority to Network State: The German State in Developmental Perspective (39-62); Mitsutoshi Ito: Administrative Reform in Japan: Semi-autonomous Bureaucracy under the Pressure toward a Small Government (63-77); Hellmut Wollmann: Modernization of the Public Sector and Public Administration in the Federal Republic of Germany - (Mostly) A Story of Fragmented Incrementalism (79-103). II. Policy Arenas and Networks - A Comparative Policy Approach: Kuniaki Tanabe: Social Policy in Japan: Building a Welfare State in a Conservative One Dominant Party System (107-131); Adrienne Héritier: State and Society in German Social Policy: "Path dependent" Responses to New Challenges (133-156); Masaru Mabuchi: Financing the Japanese Industries: Industrial Policies of The Financial Ministry and Financial Policies of The Industrial Ministry (157-184); Frieder Naschold: Industrial Policy in Germany: Old Issues and New Challenges (185-219); Ikuo Kume: Cooptation or New Possibility? Japanese Labor Politics in the Era of Neo-Conservatism (221-245); Maria Oppen: Concerted Cooperation and Immobilism: Labour Policy in Germany and the Regulation of Early Exit (247-280); Koichiro Agata: Three Contentious Issues in the Political Process of Telecommunications Liberalization in Japan: Neglect of Infrastructural Problems? (281-303). III. The Governance Structure: Hideo Otake: Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy: Political Intervention and Market Competition in the Distribution System (307-323); Michio Muramatsu / Frieder Naschold: Future Perspectives of State and Administration in Japan and Germany (325-345).