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Nationalism and Gender
UENO Chizuko

This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...

Hegemony of Homogeneity
BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1
OGUMA Eiji

The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...

A History of Modern Chemistry
HIROTA Noboru

Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...

Living on the Streets in Japan
FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi

Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...

Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
YOSHIMOTO Hideko

Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...

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  • Cover of 'Japan's Whaling' by Hiroyuki Watanabe Back Cover of 'Japan's Whaling' by Hiroyuki Watanabe
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    Japan's Whaling

    WATANABE Hiroyuki

    Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous...
    Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous relationships between people and whales in Japan become reduced to the single relationship of killing whales for their meat. He argues that from the ...
  • Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan
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    Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan

    IWATA Masami, NISHIZAWA Akihiko

    Due to the chorus of admiration that recognizes...
    Due to the chorus of admiration that recognizes Japan having become the world's second largest economy in the latter half of the 20th century, the awareness of poverty in Japan has been concealed. ...
  • Status and Stratification Status and Stratification
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    Status and Stratification

    SHIMA Mutsuhiko

    Exploring the myriad ways that status and strat...
    Exploring the myriad ways that status and stratification manifest in different cultural contexts, this collection presents in-depth studies of a variety of cultural forms in Asia. The first of the ...
  • A Quest for Alternative Sociology A Quest for Alternative Sociology
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    A Quest for Alternative Sociology

    KOSAKA Kenji, OGINO Masahiro

    In 2003, a number of sociology and social work ...
    In 2003, a number of sociology and social work faculty members at Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan) commenced an ambitious program in pursuit of social research that might serve to enhance human we...
  • Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society
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    Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society

    HASEGAWA Koichi, YOSHIHARA Naoki

    One effect of globalization has been urban rest...
    One effect of globalization has been urban restructuring in various cities of Asia, increasing migration from Asia to European cities, and the intensification of debates about citizenship. The mult...
  • Escape from Work Escape from Work
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    Escape from Work

    KOSUGI Reiko

    Escape from Work is about an important evolutio...
    Escape from Work is about an important evolution which has been occurring in the Japanese labor market over the past decade. As Japanese came to enjoy higher levels of affluence in the late 1980s a...
  • Gender and Career in Japan Gender and Career in Japan
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    Gender and Career in Japan

    SUZUKI Atsuko

    In Japanese society, gender has long been a maj...
    In Japanese society, gender has long been a major determinant of individuals' work-career and life trajectory. Due to the complexity of this social phenomenon, Gender and Career in Japan probes the...
  • Village Life in Modern Japan Village Life in Modern Japan
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    Village Life in Modern Japan

    FURUKAWA Akira

    In Village Life in Modern Japan, author Akira F...
    In Village Life in Modern Japan, author Akira Furukawa argues that the mainstream of environmentalism today remains trapped within the modernist paradigm that has led to the present global environm...
  • Toyota's Assembly Line Toyota's Assembly Line
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    Toyota's Assembly Line

    IHARA Ryoji

    Anybody who is a dedicated Toyota driver and ad...
    Anybody who is a dedicated Toyota driver and admirer of the Toyota Production System would be shocked to read of Ryoji Ihara's experience as a casual worker in a Toyota factory in Japan. As the Toy...
  • Social Justice in Japan Social Justice in Japan
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    Social Justice in Japan

    OHBUCHI Ken-Ichi

    Theoretical and practical issues of social just...
    Theoretical and practical issues of social justice and fairness - in both the Japanese and international context - form the central theme of this collection of studies by twelve Japanese researcher...
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    People on the Move People on the Move
    $79.95
    People on the Move

    SODA Ryoji

    Based on participant observation and interviews...
    Based on participant observation and interviews in a village in Sarawak, Ryoji Soda examines outward migration from the village, the migrants' living strategies in urban areas, their frequent moves...
  • Deciphering Stratification and Inequality Deciphering Stratification and Inequality
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    Deciphering Stratification and Inequality

    SATO Yoshimichi

    Employing a diverse range of quantitative and q...
    Employing a diverse range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, this book offers a complex examination of the changing nature of social stratification and its subsequent impact on inequali...