Social Change in Japan, 1989-2019: Social Status, Social Consciousness, Attitudes and Values

著者

Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo and Toru Kikkawa (eds.)

出版社

London: Routledge

発行年

2021年

価格

6,510円

目次

Introduction

１. Understanding Heisei: Anchoring amidst Transformation Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo, Toru Kikkawa

Part 1: Deciphering the 'Middle' – Subtle Change Behind the Scenes

１. Images of Social Stratification and the "Gap Society" Hiroshi Kanbayashi

２. Change or No Change? The Complex Relationship between Status Groups and Status Identification in Heisei Japan Ken Tanioka

Part 2: Adapting to change – Social consciousness over the Heisei Period

１. Adapting to new realities? Educational Disparity in Mechanisms of Status Identification among Young Japanese Ryotaro Hazama

２. Civil society: Who participates? Haruyo Mitani and Makoto Hiramatsu

３. Support for Government Redistribution Programs in the Age of Welfare Retrenchment: Workers' Changing Attitudes Kikuko Nagayoshi

４. Employment status as social status: Changes in the life satisfaction of regular and non-regular employees Yuto Hashizume

５. Conservative Youth? Why do young people become authoritarian and support the LDP? Mitsuru Matsutani

６. Why do married women in Japan support unequal gender norm of "working and caring?" Mari Higuchi

Conclusion

１. Japan after the Heisei Period – Where are we heading? Naoki Sudo, Carola Hommerich and Toru Kikkawa