AOKI Hideo is a Japanese sociologist who directs the Institute of Social Theory and Dynamics based in Hiroshima. His research centers on critical sociology. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Kanazawa University, and received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Tsukuba in 2000. His research focuses upon the underclass, buraku communities, homeless workers and foreign workers.
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Japan's UnderclassAOKI Hideo
Condemned by economic forces and the prejudices...Condemned by economic forces and the prejudices of others to remain forever in the underclass, the homeless and day laborers in present-day affluent Japan struggle to survive in its cities. Japan's...
