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Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan

Educational Credentials, Class and the Labour Market in a Cross-National Perspective

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Hiroshi Ishida

    1. Department of Sociology and East Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan

    • Hiroshi Ishida
    Pages 1-24

  3. Data and Variables

    • Hiroshi Ishida
    Pages 25-48

  4. The Process of Educational Attainment

    • Hiroshi Ishida
    Pages 49-82

  5. The Process of Socioeconomic Attainment

    • Hiroshi Ishida
    Pages 83-132

  6. Higher Education and the Labour Market

    • Hiroshi Ishida
    Pages 133-162

  7. Class Structure and Class Mobility

    • Hiroshi Ishida
    Pages 163-207

  8. Class Structure, Status Hierarchies and Inequality in the Labour Market

    • Hiroshi Ishida
    Pages 208-240

  9. Conclusions and Prospects

    • Hiroshi Ishida
    Pages 241-264

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 265-310
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About this book

The book is a study of intergenerational class mobility and the process of socioeconomic status attainment in contemporary Japan. The idea of 'Japan as an educational credential society' has been debated for a long time in Japan. The book empirically evaluates this idea within the framework of a cross-national comparison with the United States and Britain. The author also examines the patterns of class mobility in Japan within a cross-national perspective and reports similarities and differences in the mobility patterns among the three societies.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and East Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA

    Hiroshi Ishida

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan

  • Book Subtitle: Educational Credentials, Class and the Labour Market in a Cross-National Perspective

  • Authors: Hiroshi Ishida

  • Series Title: St Antony's Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13867-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Hiroshi Ishida 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-64447-8Published: 18 June 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-13867-8Published: 05 January 1995

  • Series ISSN: 2633-5964

  • Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 310

  • Topics: Political Sociology, Sociology, general

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