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Looking at the Japan's educational history and policy shifts, the authors of this book point to the important comparative lessons for sociology and education research. They show how the Japanese experience can inform global approaches to educational reform and policymaking.

Table of Contents
  • Contents (Tentative)
  • 1. Introduction: Rethinking Education and Equality in an Era of Inequality
  • Toward a Global Meritocracy? A Brief History of an Ideal
  • A Meritocratic Utopia? The Importance of Japan in the Discussion
  • Purpose and Aims of the Book
  • Outline of Chapters
  • 2. The Japanese Story: Topography of Confrontation, Roots of the Problem
  • The Story Begins: Why 1958?
  • Why the Late 50s?
  • The Meaning of 'Reverse Course'
  • The Great 6-3 Experiment
  • Excavating the Problem: Descending Beyond Left/Right Confrontation
  • 3. The Traumatic Prewar Legacy and the Roots of the American Model
  • Prewar Allocation of Education Resources
  • How to Solve the Problem
  • American Roots: the Scientific-Management Revolution
  • Individualization of Learning and the Logic of Educational Finance
  • 4. Drafting the Postwar Blueprint
  • Beginning Again Postwar
  • Postwar Demands
  • World of Standard Means: the Japanese Approach to Equality
  • 5. The Unknown Revolution: "Surface Equality"
  • Educational Finance Trends and Interregional Inequalities
  • The Silent Revolution': Homogenization of Educational Provision
  • "Surface Equality": Towards Greater Homogenization
  • 6. The Ambivalence of Standardization
  • National Survey of Academic Achievement: A Reanalysis
  • Connections to Achievement
  • Surface Equality and Ambivalence: Homeroom, Collective Order, and Exam Competition
  • 7. The Whereabouts of "Surface Equality" Today
  • Dismantling the World of Standardization? Policy Reforms 1995–2010
  • The Silent Growth of Inequalities
  • The Ease of Understanding the Object of Critique
  • Inflected Perspectives: The Optical Illusion of Individuality and Individualism
  • 8. Conclusion: Drawing the Implications for a Global Age
  • Japan in the Global Conversation: Still the Meritocracy Frontier?
  • Revisiting Michael Young's Dystopia
  • Education and Equality 30 Years after Neoliberalism
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 6/19/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807764084, 978-0807764084
      ISBN10: 0807764086
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Looking at the Japan's educational history and policy shifts, the authors of this book point to the important comparative lessons for sociology and education research. They show how the Japanese experience can inform global approaches to educational reform and policymaking.

      Table of Contents
      • Contents (Tentative)
      • 1. Introduction: Rethinking Education and Equality in an Era of Inequality
      • Toward a Global Meritocracy? A Brief History of an Ideal
      • A Meritocratic Utopia? The Importance of Japan in the Discussion
      • Purpose and Aims of the Book
      • Outline of Chapters
      • 2. The Japanese Story: Topography of Confrontation, Roots of the Problem
      • The Story Begins: Why 1958?
      • Why the Late 50s?
      • The Meaning of 'Reverse Course'
      • The Great 6-3 Experiment
      • Excavating the Problem: Descending Beyond Left/Right Confrontation
      • 3. The Traumatic Prewar Legacy and the Roots of the American Model
      • Prewar Allocation of Education Resources
      • How to Solve the Problem
      • American Roots: the Scientific-Management Revolution
      • Individualization of Learning and the Logic of Educational Finance
      • 4. Drafting the Postwar Blueprint
      • Beginning Again Postwar
      • Postwar Demands
      • World of Standard Means: the Japanese Approach to Equality
      • 5. The Unknown Revolution: "Surface Equality"
      • Educational Finance Trends and Interregional Inequalities
      • The Silent Revolution': Homogenization of Educational Provision
      • "Surface Equality": Towards Greater Homogenization
      • 6. The Ambivalence of Standardization
      • National Survey of Academic Achievement: A Reanalysis
      • Connections to Achievement
      • Surface Equality and Ambivalence: Homeroom, Collective Order, and Exam Competition
      • 7. The Whereabouts of "Surface Equality" Today
      • Dismantling the World of Standardization? Policy Reforms 1995–2010
      • The Silent Growth of Inequalities
      • The Ease of Understanding the Object of Critique
      • Inflected Perspectives: The Optical Illusion of Individuality and Individualism
      • 8. Conclusion: Drawing the Implications for a Global Age
      • Japan in the Global Conversation: Still the Meritocracy Frontier?
      • Revisiting Michael Young's Dystopia
      • Education and Equality 30 Years after Neoliberalism
      • References
      • Index
      • About the Authors

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