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![Intentional Social Change]()
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Intentional Social ChangeSATO Yoshimichi
Why do some efforts to implement social change ...Why do some efforts to implement social change succeed while others fail? Yoshimichi Sato observes in this book that existing theories focus on social action at either the micro- or the macro-level... -
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Inequality amid AffluenceHARA Junsuke, SEIYAMA Kazuo
Highlighting the limits of existing approaches ...Highlighting the limits of existing approaches in the study of stratification in contemporary Japanese society, Inequality Amid Affluence adopts a new framework that distinguishes between the conce... -
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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... -
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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... -
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Native AnthropologyKUWAYAMA Takami
A major task in contemporary anthropology is th...A major task in contemporary anthropology is the creation of dialogic space among all the people concerned with the culture studied, without privileging one kind of discourse over another. Seen glo... -
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Gender and ModernityHAYAMI Yoko, TANABE Akio, TOKITA-TANABE Yumiko
Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic fieldwork, ...Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic fieldwork, this anthology examines the complexities of identity formation and self-positioning in post-colonial contexts, ranging from the impact of Christian mi... -
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Farewell to NipponSATO Machiko
This study presents an ethnographic account of ...This study presents an ethnographic account of a fresh breed of emigrants who have left Japan to settle in Australia in pursuit of a better quality of life. They differ from "economic migrants" who... -
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Globalization and Social Change in Contemporary JapanEADES J.S.
Analysis of Japanese society has been hampered ...Analysis of Japanese society has been hampered by its use of static models: by its assumption that there is a unique and unchanging structure explainable by reference to a handful of native terms. ... -
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Coming Out in JapanYANASE Ryuta, ITO Satoru
Traditionally the Japanese have shunned those n...Traditionally the Japanese have shunned those not fitting the majority heterosexual mould. Those with a homosexual orientation have always endured an uncomfortable existence in a culture which cond... -
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Lives of Young Koreans in JapanFUKUOKA Yasunori
Japan exercised colonial rule over Korea from 1...Japan exercised colonial rule over Korea from 1910 to 1945 and many Koreans emigrated to Japan during this period. Today, these Korean migrants and their descendants, who are referred to as Zainich...
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