An Introduction to Japanese Society provides a highly readable Introduction to Japanese Society by internationally renowned scholar Yoshio Sugimoto.
Written in a lively and engaging style, An Introduction to Japanese Society remains essential reading for all students of Japanese society..
Each chapter now contains illustrative case examples, research questions, recommended further readings and useful online resources.
Comprehensively revised to include current research and statistics, the text covers changes to the labor market, evolving conceptions of family and gender, demographic shifts in an aging society, and the emergence of new social movements.
This edition begins with a new historical Introduction placing the sociological analysis of contemporary Japan in context, and includes a new chapter on religion and belief systems.
Taking a sociological approach, the text examines the multifaceted nature of contemporary Japanese Society with chapters covering class, geographical and generational variation, work, education, gender, ethnicity, religion, popular culture, and the establishment.
An Introduction to Japanese Society provides a highly readable Introduction to Japanese Society by internationally renowned scholar Yoshio Sugimoto
