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Book Synopsis
State and Society in Post--War Japan integrates the previous work of disciplinary specialists into a coherent account of how Japanese society has changed since the war.

Trade Review
"... a book which can be safely recommended to colleagues and students who want or need to know more about contemporary Japan." (Times Higher Education Supplement)

"[a] comprehensive study" (International Review of Administrative Sciences)

"an outstanding contribution. ...[this book] corrects many popular misconceptions about Japan ... a useful book because of the broad arguments that it develops." (British Journal of Industrial Relations)

"A substantial example of critical empirical sociology. It should become a standard text in the sociology of Japan and of industrial society." (Reviewing Sociology)



Table of Contents
Abbreviations.

Acknowledgements.

1. Conflict or Consensus: Competing Images of Japan.

2. An Economic Structure of Interdependent Rivals.

3. A Flexible Labour Market.

4. A Planned Market Economy.

5. The Japanese Polity.

6. Social Divisions in Japan.

7. Continuity and Change in the Japanese Social Process.

Bibliography.

Index.

State and Society in PostWar Japan

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 28 September 1989
      ISBN-13 9780745601663
      978-0745601663
      ISBN-10 0745601669
      Also in:
      Economic history Macroeconomics Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      State and Society in Post--War Japan integrates the previous work of disciplinary specialists into a coherent account of how Japanese society has changed since the war.

      Trade Review
      "... a book which can be safely recommended to colleagues and students who want or need to know more about contemporary Japan." (Times Higher Education Supplement)

      "[a] comprehensive study" (International Review of Administrative Sciences)

      "an outstanding contribution. ...[this book] corrects many popular misconceptions about Japan ... a useful book because of the broad arguments that it develops." (British Journal of Industrial Relations)

      "A substantial example of critical empirical sociology. It should become a standard text in the sociology of Japan and of industrial society." (Reviewing Sociology)



      Table of Contents
      Abbreviations.

      Acknowledgements.

      1. Conflict or Consensus: Competing Images of Japan.

      2. An Economic Structure of Interdependent Rivals.

      3. A Flexible Labour Market.

      4. A Planned Market Economy.

      5. The Japanese Polity.

      6. Social Divisions in Japan.

      7. Continuity and Change in the Japanese Social Process.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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