Networks, norms, and alliances -- Japan's financial system and persistence of systemic support -- The politics of the Japanese credit rating industry -- Japan's ideational developments and corporate governance -- The dilution of systemic support and growing contradictions.

"The comparative and single-country chapters compare the extent of 'market-based banking' across eleven countries, including all of the G7 economies. The chapters also consider the impact of the financial crisis in terms of necessary government support and lending to non-financial companies....

Legitimacy is a social source of financial power -- Legitimacy in political economy -- The financial reform nexus in England -- The financial reform nexus in Germany -- The financial reform nexus in the United States -- The financial reform nexus in Japan -- The social sources of international...