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Social Class in Contemporary Japan: Structures, Sorting and Strategies
Contributor(s): Ishida, Hiroshi (Editor), Slater, David H. (Editor)
ISBN: 0415667194     ISBN-13: 9780415667197
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $56.04  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 305.509
Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.82 lbs) 262 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Japanese
 
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Post-war Japan was often held up as the model example of the first mature industrial societies outside the Western economy, and the first examples of "middle-mass" society. Today, and since the bursting of the economic bubble in the 1990's, the promises of Japan, Inc., seem far away.

Social Class in Contemporary Japan is the first single volume that traces the dynamics of social structure, institutional socialization and class culture through this turbulent period, all the way into the contemporary neoliberal moment. In an innovative multi-disciplinary approach that include top scholars working on quantitative class structure, policy development, and ethnographic analysis, this volume highlights the centrality of class formation to our understanding of the many levels of Japanese society. The chapters each address a different aspect of class formation and transformation which stand on their own. Taken together, they document the advantages of putting Japan in the broad comparative framework of class analysis and the enduring importance of social class to the analysis of industrial and post-industrial societies.

Written by a team of contributors from Japan, the US and Europe this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Japanese society and culture, as well as those interested in cultural anthropology and social class alike.