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The cross-boundary and cross-disciplinary nature of this book is designed to elucidate heterogeneous Japan, in contrast to the more conventional understanding of Japan as a homogeneous and 'unified' whole. This collection offers a new approach to the understanding of contemporary Japan.
List of contents
Introduction
Takeda Hiroko and Glenn D. Hook Part 1: 'The Postwar' 1. The Genealogy of the End of the Postwar
Takeda Hiroko and Glenn D. Hook 2. Ended Postwar, Unended Postwar
Nakamura Masanori Part 2: Structure 3. Politics: Has Japan's Postwar Political System Really Changed?
Arthur Stockwin 4. Economy: Mission Impossible?: Refurbishing Japan's Postwar State
Andrew DeWit 5. Society: The Postwar Standard Family
Muta Kazue Part 3: Actors 6. Politics: Decline of 'Successful Social Democracy' in Japan: What Has the Koizumi Revolution Changed?
Yamaguchi Jiro 7. Economy: Japan's Changing Employment Relations
Kevin McCormick 8. Society: Creating Pluralist Political Spaces: Women and Men in Post-Post-War Japan
Suzuki Part 4: Norms 9. Politics: Implosion of the Postwar
Kurihara Akira 10. Economy: The End of Nihonteki Keiei?
Ronald Dore 11. Society: On Caring for Oneself and Others: Striving for Fulfillment of the Private
Takeda Hiroko Part 5: Challenges of Boundaries 12. Education and Class Structure: The Ending of Diploma Society and Where to Go Next?: The Answer is Going Towards a 'Learning Capitalist' Society
Kariya Takehiko 13. Foreign Residents: Japanese Immigration Policy and its Problems
Hatsuse Ryuhei 14. Gender: Backlash against Gender Politics in Japan
Okano Yayo. Conclusion
About the author
Glenn D. Hook is Professor of Japanese Politics and International Relations and Director of the Graduate School of East Asian Studies, the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests are in Japan's role in the East Asian political economy, regional security, and globalization and regionalization. His recent books include Militarization and Demilitarization in Contemporary Japan, (Routledge, 1996); Japan's Contested Constitution: Documents and Analysis (co-author, Routledge, 2001); Japan's International Relations: Politics, Economics, and Security (co-author, second edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon 2005); and Contested Governance in Japan: Sites and Issues (editor, London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005).
Takeda Hiroko is lecturer in Japanese studies at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. Her research interests include gender and politics/political economy in Japan and East Asia, social and political theories and biopolitics. She is the author of The Political Economy of Reproduction in Japan: Between Nation-State and Everyday Life (RoutledgeCurzon, 2005) and 'Governance through the Family in Japan: Governing the Domestic', in Glenn D. Hook (ed.) Contested Governance in Japan: Sites and Issues (RoutledgeCurzon, 2005).
Summary
The cross-boundary and cross-disciplinary nature of this book is designed to elucidate heterogeneous Japan, in contrast to the more conventional understanding of Japan as a homogeneous and ‘unified’ whole. This collection offers a new approach to the understanding of contemporary Japan.
