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![Gender and Japanese Management]()
![Gender and Japanese Management]()
Gender and Japanese ManagementKIMOTO Kimiko
Using data from surveys conducted in a departme...Using data from surveys conducted in a department store and a supermarket, Kimoto discusses the forces shaping job segregation by gender. One of the main themes is the need for Japanese women's lab... -
![A Sociology of Happiness]()
![A Sociology of Happiness]()
A Sociology of HappinessKOSAKA Kenji
Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin U...Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin University who are engaged in 'Social Research for the Enhancement of Human Well-being', this study explores issues of happiness from a wide variety of... -
![The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education]()
![The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education]()
The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher EducationEADES J.S.
On April 1, 2004, Japanese higher education exp...On April 1, 2004, Japanese higher education experienced a 'big bang'-a set of reforms that have been described as the most significant institutional changes for over a century. One of the main aims... -
![Japan's Underclass]()
![Japan's Underclass]()
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... -
![After the Crisis]()
![After the Crisis]()
After the CrisisSHIRAISHI Takashi, ABINALES Patricio N.
After the Crisis looks at Southeast Asia-especi...After the Crisis looks at Southeast Asia-especially Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines-after the Asian financial crisis. This eleventh volume of the Kyoto Area Studies on Asia takes ... -
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Social History of Science and Technology Vol.2NAKAYAMA Shigeru
This title is the second volume of a comprehens...This title is the second volume of a comprehensive, four-volume survey which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from postwar devastation to its attaining a leading g... -
![Dislocating Nation-States]()
![Dislocating Nation-States]()
Dislocating Nation-StatesABINALES Patricio N., ISHIKAWA Noboru, TANABE Akio
As much of the world turns its attention to que...As much of the world turns its attention to questions of the role and even survival of the nation-state formation in an increasingly globalized world, the authors of this interdisciplinary volume s... -
![From Salvation to Spirituality]()
![From Salvation to Spirituality]()
From Salvation to SpiritualitySHIMAZONO Susumu
Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost socio...Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost sociologists of religion, deals with the development of popular religious and spiritual movements in Japan in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. A... -
![Constructing Civil Society in Japan]()
![Constructing Civil Society in Japan]()
Constructing Civil Society in JapanHASEGAWA Koichi
Japan's post-World War II "economic miracle" is...Japan's post-World War II "economic miracle" is well-known and much discussed, as is the collapse of the "bubble economy" and the almost decade long economic stagnation of the 1990s. In this collec... -
![Japanese Companies]()
![Japanese Companies]()
Japanese CompaniesNOMURA Masami, KAMII Yoshihiko
Why are Japanese companies the best in the worl...Why are Japanese companies the best in the world? What is the driving force behind their strength? This study critiques comprehensively the widely-shared theories concerning Japanese companies. Whi... -
![Youth Deviance in Japan]()
![Youth Deviance in Japan]()
Youth Deviance in JapanYODER Robert Stuart
Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this b...Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this book presents a longitudinal study of deviance and crime among youths in Kanagawa-ken, with a focus upon two groups of young people - a working class g... -
![Between Hills and Plains]()
![Between Hills and Plains]()
Between Hills and PlainsHAYAMI Yoko
In this study, Hayami suggests that the Karen i...In this study, Hayami suggests that the Karen in northwestern Thailand are located "betwixt and between" the peripheries and the mainstream of the modern nation-state. It demonstrates how the Karen...
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