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In this English translation of a semi-classic study, readers have the opportunity to explore the manner in which both credentialism and the various levels of the modern education system have developed in Japan.

Professor Ikuo Amano, the author of extensive works on Japanese education and examination systems, takes the reader through a detailed analysis of the process by which education and academic qualifications have become the crucial factors in determining social position. Using Japan as a concrete example of an industrial society thoroughly permeated by credentialism, Amano's book makes explicit the relationship between social selection and education, and, in so doing, points the way to why credentialism has come to dominate industrial societies.

The book also includes a comparative consideration of the development of education, qualification, and selection mechanisms in both Japan and Europe.

The Origins of Japanese Credentialism

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      Publisher: Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/12/2011
      ISBN13: 9781920901332, 978-1920901332
      ISBN10: 1920901337

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this English translation of a semi-classic study, readers have the opportunity to explore the manner in which both credentialism and the various levels of the modern education system have developed in Japan.

      Professor Ikuo Amano, the author of extensive works on Japanese education and examination systems, takes the reader through a detailed analysis of the process by which education and academic qualifications have become the crucial factors in determining social position. Using Japan as a concrete example of an industrial society thoroughly permeated by credentialism, Amano's book makes explicit the relationship between social selection and education, and, in so doing, points the way to why credentialism has come to dominate industrial societies.

      The book also includes a comparative consideration of the development of education, qualification, and selection mechanisms in both Japan and Europe.

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