Japanese Workers in Protest - An Ethnography of Consciousness and Experience

"An elegant contribution to our understanding of Japanese society. . . . A model of clarity."—Robert J. Smith, Cornell University

About the author

Christena L. Turner, an anthropologist, is Associate Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Summary

This ethnographic study of factory workers engaged in radical labour protest gives a voice to a segment of the Japanese population that has previously been marginalized. It is a portrait of how workers grapple with a slowed economy and the contradictions of Japanese industry in the post-war era.

Product details

• Authors: Christena L. Turner, Turner Christena L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.1999
• EAN: 9780520219618
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21961-8
• No. of pages: 281
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Labour / income economics, Trade Unions, Archaeology, Social and cultural anthropology, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Industrial arbitration and negotiation