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An introduction to Japanese society

Author: Yoshio Sugimoto
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2003.
Series: Contemporary Japanese society.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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This revised edition has been updated to cover developments in the five years since the first edition was published. Yoshio Sugimoto challenges the traditional notion that Japan is an homogeneous society with few cultural and social disparities.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Yoshio Sugimoto
ISBN: 0521821932 9780521821933 0521529255 9780521529259
OCLC Number: 50271621
Description: xiii, 316 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents: Preface to the first edition --
Preface to the second edition --
The Japan phenomenon and the social sciences --
Class and stratification: an overview --
Geographical and generational variations --
Varieties in work and labor --
Diversity and unity in education --
Gender stratification and the family system --
Minority groups: ethnicity and discrimination --
Collusion and competition in the establishment --
Popular culture and everyday life --
Friendly authoritarianism.
Series Title: Contemporary Japanese society.
Responsibility: Yoshio Sugimoto.
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This revised edition has been updated to cover developments in the five years since the first edition was published. Yoshio Sugimoto challenges the traditional notion that Japan is an homogeneous society with few cultural and social disparities.

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