Japan's Quiet Transformation: Social Change and Civil Society in 21st Century Japan

ISBN-13: 9780415274838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 384 str.

Jeff Kingston

Opis

The 1990s have been termed as 'Japan's Lost Decade' to describe how the phenomenal growth in the Japanese economy ground to a halt and the country was subsequently crippled by enormous and ongoing political, economic and social problems. Socially, these unprecedented difficulties have led to high rates of suicide, alcoholism and rising levels of crime particularly among the young. Controversially, this book argues that the Japan that emerges from these manifold problems may, in fact, be stronger than before.

Spis treści

Part 1  1. The Lost Decade  2. Information Disclosure  3. Building Civil Society: NPOs and Judicial Reform  4. Rogues and Riches  5. Downsizing the Construction State  Part 2  6. Bad Blood  7. Dignity Denied  8. Mad Cows and Ocean Cockroaches  Part 3  9. Nationalism  10. Social Transformations: Gender, Family, Work and Demographic Trends

O autorze

Jeff Kingston is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan, and has written over 200 book reviews for Japan Times.