An Introduction to Japanese Society

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.

List of Figures

viii

List of Tables

ix

Preface to the First Edition

xi

Preface to the Second Edition

xiii

Map of Japan

xiv

The Japan Phenomenon and the Social Sciences

1

(34)

Class and Stratification: An Overview

35

(25)

Geographical and Generational Variations

60

(26)

Varieties in Work and Labor

86

(29)

Diversity and Unity in Education

115

(31)

Gender Stratification and the Family System

146

(37)

Minority Groups: Ethnicity and Discrimination

183

(29)

Collusion and Competition in the Establishment

212

(32)

Popular Culture and Everyday Life

244

(27)

Friendly Authoritarianism

271

(15)

References

286

(21)

Index

307

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An Introduction to Japanese Society

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