Unmasking Japan today : the impact of traditional values on modern Japanese society
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Unmasking Japan today : the impact of traditional values on modern Japanese society
Praeger, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-186) and index
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Description
Modern-day Japan has proven to be a complex nation struggling to combine traditional attitudes with the political and social demands of an advanced industrialized economy. This struggle to balance the past with the present has had a significant impact on the structure of human relations in contemporary Japan, particularly in the areas of the family and family dynamics, lifestyles, the education of children, the socialization of youth, women in the workplace, and the elderly. In all cases, we find a dual structure where traditional values and modern practices coexist. Based on a dual perspective that incorporates modern Western capitalism into Japan's traditional agrarian society, this book reveals a complex of cultural assumptions that determine the manners and customs of the Japanese people.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: The Process of Japanese Modernization
The Japanese Family-Change and Continuity
Changes in the Japanese Family System
Popular Culture/Lifestyles of the Japanese Family
Emerging Family Problems
Education and Youth
The Japanese Educational System
Japanese Youth Today
Women and Labor Force Participation
The Changing Status of Women
Japanese Women in the Work Force
The Graying of Japan
Aging as a Socio-Cultural Process
The Economics of Aging
The Impact of Aging on Family Relations
Conclusion: From Modernization to Internationalization
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Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
