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![Stratification in Cultural Contexts]()
![Stratification in Cultural Contexts]()
Stratification in Cultural ContextsKIMURA Toshiaki
Stratification in Cultural Contexts is a collec...Stratification in Cultural Contexts is a collection drawn from research results of the East Asian Division of the Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality at Tohoku University. ... -
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Social ExclusionHUMBERT Marc, SATO Yoshimichi
Just within a few decades, the global dream of ...Just within a few decades, the global dream of building a 'middle class society' has vanished almost everywhere, giving way to an emerging global nightmare: 'social exclusion.' France and Japan hav... -
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Inequality, Discrimination and Conflict in JapanASAI Nobuko, OHBUCHI Ken-Ichi
After a decade of deregulation and economic lib...After a decade of deregulation and economic liberalization, the high levels of unity and social harmony that had been achieved during Japan's decades of rapid economic growth are under threat. Soci... -
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Global Migration and Ethnic CommunitiesYOSHIHARA Naoki
This book is a collection of essays on the crit...This book is a collection of essays on the critical subject of migration in a global context. The book offers insights into the broad range of experiences of migrants in diverse settings. It also e... -
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Minorities and DiversityKIMURA Kunihiro
Diversity' is a crucial concept describing the ...Diversity' is a crucial concept describing the recent shift in minority studies away from its focus on social stratification and inequality. In recent times, new theories and concepts that suggest ... -
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Japan's New InequalitySATO Yoshimichi, IMAI Jun
After the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in...After the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in the late 1980s, a wide range of neo-liberal reforms were introduced which dramatically affected the nature of the labor market. These reforms expande... -
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Status and StratificationSHIMA 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 ... -
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Globalization, Minorities and Civil SocietyHASEGAWA 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... -
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Gender and Career in JapanSUZUKI 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... -
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Social Justice in JapanOHBUCHI 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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Deciphering Stratification and InequalitySATO 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... -
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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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