Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan: Educational Credentials, Class and the Labour Market in a Cross-National Perspective

by Hiroshi Ishida

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333644478
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/18/1995
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of Tables - List of Figures - Foreword; J.H.Goldthorpe - Acknowledgements - Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan - Data and Variables - The Process of Educational Attainment - The Process of Socio-economic Attainment - Higher Education and the Labour Market - Class Structure and Class Mobility - Class Structure, Status Hierarchies, and Inequality in Labour Market - Conclusions and Prospects - Appendix - Bibliography - Index