| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 303 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Contemporary Japanese society
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Contemporary Japanese society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-295) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Note on transliteration, romanization, and translation; Abbreviations; 1 The Japanese at work; 2 Toward a sociology of work in postwar Japan; 3 Competing models for understanding work in Japan; 4 Hours of work, labor-force participation and the work ethic; 5 Change and challenge in the labor market; 6 Segmentation of the labor market; 7 From labor policy to social policy: a framework for understanding labor process in Japan at the national level; 8 Social security and safety nets. |
| Summary |
A comprehensive survey of the relationship between work and society in Japan explores the context for individual choices about work. These include the structuring of labour markets, social policy and the influences of globalization. The book affords penetrating insights into Japanese society and challenges current thinking on the subject. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Industrial management -- Japan.
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Industrial management. |
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Japan. |
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Work.
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Work. |
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| Subject |
Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1989- |
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Since 1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kawanishi, Hirosuke, 1942-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mouer, Ross E., 1944- Sociology of work in Japan. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521651204 0521658454 (DLC) 2004054621 (OCoLC)56108316 |
| ISBN |
0511111304 (electronic book) |
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9780511111303 (electronic book) |
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0511110979 |
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9780511110979 |
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9780511610387 (ebook) |
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0511610386 (ebook) |
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9780521651202 (hardback) |
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0521651204 (hardback) |
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1280415029 |
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9781280415029 |
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9786610415021 |
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6610415021 |
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0521651204 (Cloth) |
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0521658454 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Report No. |
MYILIB_CUp |
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