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A Sociology of Japanese Youth

Author : Roger Goodman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 041566926X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book A Sociology of Japanese Youth written by Roger Goodman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book puts forth a sociology of Japanese youth problems showing that the Japanese media draw on an equally, if not more, perplexing gallery of social categories when it discusses youth than affluent Western societies such as the US or UK and that Japan is no less replete with social problems involving young people and no less capable of generating hysteria over the fate of its youth than affluent Western societies such as the US or UK.

A Sociology of Japanese Youth

Author : Roger Goodman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136624279
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book A Sociology of Japanese Youth written by Roger Goodman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past thirty years, whilst Japan has produced a diverse set of youth cultures which have had a major impact on popular culture across the globe, it has also developed a succession of youth problems which have led to major concerns within the country itself. Drawing on detailed empirical fieldwork, the authors of this volume set these issues in a clearly articulated ‘social constructionist’ framework, and put forth a sociology of Japanese youth problems which argues that there is a certain predictability about the way in which these problems are discovered, defined and dealt with. The chapters include case studies covering issues such as: Returnee children (kikokushijo) Compensated dating (enjo kōsai) Corporal punishment (taibatsu) Bullying (ijime) Child abuse (jidō gyakutai) The withdrawn youth (hikikomori) and NEETs (not in education, employment or training) By examining these various social problems collectively, A Sociology of Japanese Youth explains why particular youth problems appeared when they did and what lessons they can provide for the study of youth problems in other societies. This book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Japanese society and culture, the sociology of Japan, Japanese anthropology and the comparative sociology of youth studies.

Japan's Emerging Youth Policy

Author : Tuukka Hannu Ilmari Toivonen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415670535
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Book Synopsis Japan's Emerging Youth Policy by : Tuukka Hannu Ilmari Toivonen

Download or read book Japan's Emerging Youth Policy written by Tuukka Hannu Ilmari Toivonen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1960s onwards, Japan's rapid economic growth coincided with remarkably low youth unemployment. However, since the 1990s the ease with which young people have historically moved from education to employment has ended, and unemployment is now a real and growing problem. This book examines how the state, experts, the media as well as youth workers, have responded to the troubling rise of youth joblessness in 21st century Japan.

Bad Youth

Author : David R. Ambaras
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520245792
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Bad Youth written by David R. Ambaras and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bad Youth draws from official sources as well as press accounts, novels, songs, and films. Throughout, Ambaras demonstrates that juvenile protection remained contested terrain marked by complex negotiations among reformers, young people, and the adults in their lives, for whom the promises and perils of modernity could assume starkly different meanings."--BOOK JACKET.

Understanding Japanese Society

Author : Joy Hendry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351179896
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Japanese Society written by Joy Hendry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this welcome brand new fifth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese Society, Joy Hendry takes the reader into the heart of Japanese life. Providing a clear and accessible introduction to Japanese ways of thinking, which does not require any previous knowledge of the country, this book explores Japanese society through the worlds of home, work, play, religion and ritual, covering a full range of life experiences, from childhood to old age. It also examines the diversity of people living in Japan, the effects of a growing number of new immigrants, and role of the longest-standing Japanese prime-minister Shinzo Abe. Fully updated, revised and expanded, the fifth edition contains new material on: the continued effects of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters of 2011 local examples of care for nature and the environment new perspectives on the role of women Japan’s place in the context of globalisation . Each chapter in this new edition also includes an exciting insert from scholars in the field, based on new and emerging research. This book will be invaluable to all students studying Japan. It will also enlighten those travellers and business people wishing to gain an understanding of Japanese people.

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan

Author : Hiroko Takeda
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830017
Total Pages : 677 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan written by Hiroko Takeda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan presents a synthesized, interdisciplinary study of contemporary Japan based on up-to-date theoretical models designed to provide readers with a comprehensive and full understanding of the dynamics of contemporary Japan. In order to achieve this, the Handbook is organized into two parts. Part I, ‘Foundations’, clarifies the state of contemporary Japan topic by topic by referring to the latest theoretical developments in the relevant disciplinary fields of politics, international relations, economy, society, culture and the personal. Part II, ‘Issues’, then offers a series of concrete analyses building upon the theoretical discussions introduced in Part I to help undergraduate and postgraduate students learn how to conduct independent analysis. Locating Japan in a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, this Handbook is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in Japanese studies, Asian studies and global studies.

Japan's Ultra-right

Author : Naoto Higuchi
Publisher : Apollo Books
ISBN 13 : 9781920901936
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Japan's Ultra-right written by Naoto Higuchi and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Japanese in 2014 by the University of Nagoya Press as Nihon-Gata Haigai-Shugi by Naoto Higuchi."

Fashioning Japanese Subcultures

Author : Yuniya Kawamura
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 0857852167
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Fashioning Japanese Subcultures written by Yuniya Kawamura and published by Berg. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western fashion has been widely appreciated and consumed in Tokyo for decades, but since the mid-1990s Japanese youth have been playing a crucial role in forming their own unique fashion communities and producing creative styles which have had a major impact on fashion globally. Geographically and stylistically defined, subcultures such as Lolita in Harajuku, Gyaru and Gyaru-o in Shibuya, Age-jo in Shinjuku, and Mori Girl in Kouenji, reflect the affiliation and identities of their members, and have often blurred the boundary between professionals and amateurs for models, photographers, merchandisers and designers. Based on insightful ethnographic fieldwork in Tokyo, Fashioning Japanese Subcultures is the first theoretical and analytical study on Japan's contemporary youth subcultures and their stylistic expressions. It is essential reading for students, scholars and anyone interested in fashion, sociology and subcultures.

Being Young in Super-Aging Japan

Author : Patrick Heinrich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135102504X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Being Young in Super-Aging Japan written by Patrick Heinrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan is not only the oldest society in the world today, but also the oldest society to have ever existed. This aging trend, however, presents many challenges to contemporary Japan, as it permeates all areas of life, from the economy and welfare to social cohesion and population decline. Nobody is more affected by these changes than the young generation. This book studies Japanese youth in the aging society in detail. It analyses formative events and cultural reactions. Themes include employment, parenthood, sexuality, but also art, literature and language, thus demonstrating how the younger generation can provide insights into the future of Japanese society more generally. This book argues that the prolonged crisis resulted in a commonly shared destabilization of thoughts and attitudes and that this has shaped a new generation that is unlike any other in post-war Japan. Presenting an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of the aging trend and what it implies for young Japanese, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Japanese culture and society, as well cultural anthropology and demography.

War Memory, Nationalism and Education in Postwar Japan

Author : Yoshiko Nozaki
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134195907
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book War Memory, Nationalism and Education in Postwar Japan written by Yoshiko Nozaki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The controversy over official state-approved history textbooks in Japan, which omit or play down many episodes of Japan’s occupation of neighbouring countries during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945), and which have been challenged by critics who favour more critical, peace and justice perspectives, goes to the heart of Japan’s sense of itself as a nation. The degree to which Japan is willing to confront its past is not just about history, but also about how Japan defines itself at present, and going forward. This book examines the history textbook controversy in Japan. It sets the controversy in the context of debates about memory, and education, and in relation to evolving politics both within Japan, and in Japan’s relations with its neighbours and former colonies and countries it invaded. It discusses in particular the struggles of Ienaga Saburo, who has made crucial contributions, including through three epic lawsuits, in challenging the official government position. Winner of the American Educational Research Association 2009 Outstanding Book Award in the Curriculum Studies category.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Moral Panics

Author : Charles Krinsky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317042425
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Moral Panics written by Charles Krinsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ashgate Research Companion to Moral Panics offers a comprehensive assemblage of cutting-edge critical and theoretical perspectives on the concept of moral panic. All chapters represent original research by many of the most influential theorists and researchers now working in the area of moral panic, including Nachman Ben-Yehuda and Erich Goode, Joel Best, Chas Critcher, Mary deYoung, Alan Hunt, Toby Miller, Willem Schinkel, Kenneth Thompson, Sheldon Ungar, and Grazyna Zajdow. Chapters come from a range of disciplines, including media studies, literary studies, history, legal studies, and sociology, with significant new elaborations on the concept of moral panic (and its future), informed and powerful critiques, and detailed empirical studies from several continents. A clear and comprehensive survey of a concept that is increasingly influential in a number of disciplines as well as in popular culture, this collection of the latest research in the field addresses themes including the evolution of the moral panic concept, sex panics, media panics, moral panics over children and youth, and the future of the moral panic concept.

Understanding Youth in the Global Economic Crisis

Author : France, Alan
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447315774
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Youth in the Global Economic Crisis written by France, Alan and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative book, Professor Alan France tells the story of what impact the 2007 global crisis and the great recession that followed has had on our understandings of youth. Drawing on eight countries as case studies he undertakes an in-depth sociological analysis of historical and contemporary developments in post-sixteen education, training, work, and welfare policy to show how the ecological landscape of youth has been affected. He maps the growing influence of neoliberalism as a political strategy in each of the countries, showing how, after the crisis, it is accelerating the reconfiguration of institutions and practices that are central to the lives of the young. This book is essential reading for students of youth studies, sociology and policy, seeking a greater understanding of international public and social policy in relation to the youth question.

Life Course, Happiness and Well-being in Japan

Author : Barbara Holthus
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351969188
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Life Course, Happiness and Well-being in Japan written by Barbara Holthus and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the connections between socio-structural aspects, individual agency and happiness in contemporary Japan from a life course perspective. The contributors examine empirical data on the processes which impact how happiness and well-being are envisioned, crafted and debated in Japan across the life-cycle. The book discusses the shifting notions of happiness during people’s lives from birth to death, analyzing the age group-specific experiences while taking into consideration people's life trajectories and historical changes. It points also out recent developments in regards to demographic change, late marriage, and the changing labor market.

Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development

Author : Gisela Trommsdorff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107014255
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development written by Gisela Trommsdorff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents multidisciplinary perspectives on the role of cultural values and religious beliefs in adolescent development.

Aum Shinrikyo and Japanese Youth

Author : Daniel Alfred Metraux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Aum Shinrikyo and Japanese Youth written by Daniel Alfred Metraux and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aum Shinrikyo and Japanese Youth offers insights into Japanese spirituality by analyzing the motivations of those who joined the Aum Shinrikyo religious sect. This group attracted worldwide attention after its poison gas attack on the Tokyo subways in March, 1995. Daniel A. Metraux explores the reasons that thousands of Japanese people, many of them youths, joined the sect. He questions why they joined it, what they expected of their membership, and why they stayed involved or left. Metraux finds that most of the members got involved for religious and social reasons and did not partake in the terrorist and criminal activities of the leaders of Aum Shinrikyo. In addition, the author examines how the Aum situation reflects a growing sense of alienation from the traditional Japanese religion and culture among some of the young and middle-aged Japanese people, providing important information about the present status of the Japanese people.

Social Class in Contemporary Japan

Author : Hiroshi Ishida
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135248168
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Social Class in Contemporary Japan written by Hiroshi Ishida and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-10-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-war Japan was often held up as the model example of the first mature industrial societies outside the Western economy, and the first examples of "middle-mass" society. Today, and since the bursting of the economic bubble in the 1990’s, the promises of Japan, Inc., seem far away. Social Class in Contemporary Japan is the first single volume that traces the dynamics of social structure, institutional socialization and class culture through this turbulent period, all the way into the contemporary neoliberal moment. In an innovative multi-disciplinary approach that include top scholars working on quantitative class structure, policy development, and ethnographic analysis, this volume highlights the centrality of class formation to our understanding of the many levels of Japanese society. The chapters each address a different aspect of class formation and transformation which stand on their own. Taken together, they document the advantages of putting Japan in the broad comparative framework of class analysis and the enduring importance of social class to the analysis of industrial and post-industrial societies. Written by a team of contributors from Japan, the US and Europe this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Japanese society and culture, as well as those interested in cultural anthropology and social class alike.

Pop Culture and the Everyday in Japan

Author : Katsuya Minamida
Publisher : Apollo Books
ISBN 13 : 9781920901455
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Pop Culture and the Everyday in Japan written by Katsuya Minamida and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, a group of young Japanese sociologists scrutinizes the sociological foundations of the ways in which the Japanese people produce and consume cultural commodities and live their everyday lives surrounded by these products.