Lumping government social planning, grassroots social movements, and other such social phenomena under the term "intentional social change," Sato (behavioral science, Tohoku U., Japan) presents a theo
Americans tend to regard Japan as a monolithic society that works because its people are so much alike. This is simply not true. Japan contains a range of classes and ethnicities as well as all the st
Employing a diverse range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, this book offers a complex examination of the changing nature of social stratification and its subsequent impact on inequality
This slim volume of eleven essays examines the experience of and varying responses to social exclusion in France and Japan, countries which Humbert (political economy, U. of Rennes, France) and Sato (
After the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in the late 1980s, a wide range of neo-liberal reforms were introduced which dramatically affected the nature of the labor market. These reforms expanded a
After the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in the late 1980s, a wide range of neo-liberal reforms were introduced which dramatically affected the nature of the labor market. These reforms expanded a
