Order by Accident: The Origins and Consequences of Group Conformity in Contemporary Japan

ISBN-13: 9780367317096 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 171 str.

Alan Miller;Satoshi Kanazawa

Opis

While the consequences of low social order are well understood, the consequences of high social order are not. Yet perhaps nowhere in the world is social order so well developed as in Japan, which is highly organized, economically successful, and enjoys a safe society. However, Japan pays a price--the loss of personal freedom, and the inability to

Spis treści

Part One: Theoretical Orientation, 1 Social Order and Social Control: An Introduction, 2 The Solidaristic Theory of Social Order, Part Two: Social Institutions, 3 The Education System: Social Initiation, 4 Work: A Continuation, 5 The Family, 6 Crime, Part Three: Nonintuitive Consequences, 7 Crime Revisited: White-Collar Crimes, 8 The Religious Landscape of Japan, 9 Trust, Part Four: Speculations and Conclusions, 10 The Emergence of Cooperative Social Institutions, 11 Conclusion

O autorze

Alan Miller