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An Introduction to Japanese Society
By Yoshio Sugimoto
332 pages
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- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, England
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Edition:
- 2nd
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Synopsis
This revised edition has been updated to cover developments in the five years since the first edition was published. Yoshio Sugimoto challenges the traditional notion that Japan is an homogeneous society with few cultural and social disparities.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- An Introduction to Japanese Society Second Edition *
- Contemporary Japanese Society *
- Title Page *
- Contents *
- Figures viii
- Tables ix
- Preface to the First Edition xi
- Preface to the Second Edition xiii
- 1 - The Japan Phenomenon and the Social Sciences 1
- Notes 32
- 2 - Class and Stratification: an Overview 35
- Notes 57
- 3 - Geographical and Generational Variations 60
- Notes 84
- 4 - Varieties in Work and Labor 86
- Notes 112
- An Introduction to Japanese Society Second Edition *
- Contemporary Japanese Society *
- Title Page *
- Contents *
- Figures viii
- Tables ix
- Preface to the First Edition xi
- Preface to the Second Edition xiii
- 1 - The Japan Phenomenon and the Social Sciences 1
- Notes 32
- 2 - Class and Stratification: an Overview 35
- Notes 57
- 3 - Geographical and Generational Variations 60
- Notes 84
- 4 - Varieties in Work and Labor 86
- Notes 112
- 5 - Diversity and Unity in Education 115
- Notes 143
- 6 - Gender Stratification and the Family System 146
- Notes 179
- 7 - Minority Groups: Ethnicity and Discrimination 183
- Notes 209
- 8 - Collusion and Competition in the Establishment 212
- Notes 242
- 9 - Popular Culture and Everyday Life 244
- Notes 269
- 10 - Friendly Authoritarianism 271
- Notes 285
- References 286
- Index 307