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The origins of Japanese credentialism

Ikuo Amano

(Japanese society series)

Trans Pacific Press, 2011

  • : hbk

Other Title

Kyōiku to senbatsu no shakaishi

教育と選抜の社会史

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"Prefaced by Ronald Dore"--Cover

Includes bibliographical reference and index

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  • CV:教育と選抜の社会史 : 学歴主義の起源

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In this English translation of a semi-classic study, readers have the opportunity to explore the manner in which both credentialism and the various levels of the modern education system have developed in Japan. Professor Ikuo Amano, the author of extensive works on Japanese education and examination systems, takes the reader through a detailed analysis of the process by which education and academic qualifications have become the crucial factors in determining social position. Using Japan as a concrete example of an industrial society thoroughly permeated by credentialism, Amano's book makes explicit the relationship between social selection and education, and, in so doing, points the way to why credentialism has come to dominate industrial societies. The book also includes a comparative consideration of the development of education, qualification, and selection mechanisms in both Japan and Europe.

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