The Japanese social crisis

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

The Japanese social crisis

Jon Woronoff

Macmillan , St. Martin's, 1997

  • : uk : hd
  • : uk : pbk
  • : us : cloth

Available at  / 69 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Bibliography: p. 273-281

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Political scandals, governmental instability and the poison-gas attack in central Tokyo show that Japan is passing through a serious social crisis. It affects virtually every social unit: family, school, company, political parties, religions and the nation. And it worries every segment of the population, young and old, men and women, management and labour, the elite and the plebe. Among other things, workers are growing dissatisfied with company life, families are undermined by discord and divorce, even the ruling Liberal Democratic Party collapsed (as did many of its opponents). The Japanese are ever harder to lead and the politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen who once led them are increasingly ineffective. Thus, while many reforms are mooted, and some are initiated, very few are actually implemented. Under these conditions, the many negative trends cannot be halted - let alone reversed - and the crisis should worsen.

Table of Contents

Foreword - The Present (The Crisis that Came) - The Company (Fraying at the Edges) - The School (Education Runs Amuck) - The State (Coming Apart at the Seams) - The Family (Splitting Up) - The Society (Destructuring and Restructuring) - The Nation (Ties that Don't Bind) - The Individual (Still The Weak Link) - The Future (The Crisis that's Coming) - Bibliography - Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top