An Introduction to Japanese Society

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-12-23
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
viii
List of Tables
ix
Preface to the First Edition xi
Preface to the Second Edition xiii
Map of Japan
xiv
The Japan Phenomenon and the Social Sciences
1(34)
Class and Stratification: An Overview
35(25)
Geographical and Generational Variations
60(26)
Varieties in Work and Labor
86(29)
Diversity and Unity in Education
115(31)
Gender Stratification and the Family System
146(37)
Minority Groups: Ethnicity and Discrimination
183(29)
Collusion and Competition in the Establishment
212(32)
Popular Culture and Everyday Life
244(27)
Friendly Authoritarianism
271(15)
References 286(21)
Index 307

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