Constructs for understanding Japan
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Constructs for understanding Japan
(Japanese studies)
Kegan Paul International, 1989
Available at 73 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1989. This volume has emerged from the International Colloquium on the Comparative Study of Japanese Society. Held at Noosa Heads in Queensland from 29 January to 6 February 1982, the colloquium brought together participants from eight countries to discuss about thirty papers. The participants came with a common sense of dissatisfaction with the 'group model' or 'consensus-oriented theories' as a means of understanding Japanese society. The papers and discussion focused on alternative approaches for conceptualizing Japanese society and on methodological issues in the comparative study of Japanese society.
Table of Contents
Introduction Cross-currents in the Study of Japanese Society PART ONE: THE EXPRESSION OF INDIVIDUAL SELF INTEREST 1 A Theory of Social Exchange as Applied to Japan 2 Arc, Circle and Sphere: Schedules for Selfhood 3 Some Conditions for QC Circles: Long-term Perspectives in the Behaviour of Individuals 4 Friendship in Cross-cultural Perspective PART TWO: INSTITUTIONS AND STRUCTURED INEQUALITY 5 A Multi-dimensional View of Stratification: a Framework for Comparative Analysis 6 The Transition of the Household System in Japan's Modernization 7 Resolving Social Conflicts: a Comparative View of Interpersonal and Inter-group Relations in Japan 8 Interest Groups and the Process of Political Decision making in Japan 9 Japanese Industrial Relations: an External Perspective PART THREE: METHODOLOGICAL HORIZONS 10 The Emic-Etic Distinction and Its Significance for Japanese Studies 11 The Role of Typologies in Understanding Japanese Culture and Society: From Linguistics to Social Science
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