The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies

Editor/Author Babb, James D.
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: Sage UK

Single-User Purchase Price: $175.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $262.50
ISBN: 978-1-84-860663-0
Category: Social Sciences
Image Count: 51
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies provides an exciting and even provocative insight into the ways in which Japan engages with the modern world. The range of topics covered is extensive, with chapters exploring a variety of disciplines rooted within the social sciences.

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Table of Contents

  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on the Editor and Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Historical Timeline of Modern Japan
  • Introduction - James Babb
  • PART I LAND, HISTORY AND CULTURE
  • 1. Modern Japan in History - Andrew Cobbing
  • 2. Anthropology of Modern Japan - Carolyn S. Stevens
  • 3. The Practice of Religion in Japan: An Exploration of the State of the Field - Lucia Dolce
  • 4. Mass Media in Japan - Katja Valaskivi
  • 5. Heritage Management in Present-day Japan - Noriaki Nishiyama
  • 6. Geography's Contributions to Japanese Studies - Mary McDonald
  • 7. Regionalism and the Local - Anthony Rausch
  • PART II SOCIETY
  • 8. Education - Robert W. Aspinall
  • 9. Feminism - Vera Mackie
  • 10. ‘How to Sex’? The Contested Nature of Sexuality in Japan - Mark McLelland
  • 11. Gender Equity in Japan - Joyce Gelb
  • 12. Policing in Japan - David T. Johnson
  • 13. Organised Crime - Peter Hill
  • PART III MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE
  • 14. A Brief History of Japanese Medicine - Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. Fetters
  • 15. Health Care in Japan: Excellent Population Health, Low Medical Expenditures, yet Ambiguous Place of Primary Care - Jonathan E. Rodnick, Izumi Yokoyama and Michael D. Fetters
  • 16. Medical Education in Japan - Michael D. Fetters and Izumi Yokoyama
  • 17. Bioethics and Medico-legal Issues in Japan - Michael D. Fetters
  • 18. Mental Health in Japan - Denise St Arnault
  • PART IV POLITICS AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
  • 19. Political ‘Science’ and the Study of Japanese Politics - James Babb
  • 20. Parties and Elections in Japan - Kenneth Mori McElwain
  • 21. Postwar Democracy - Sherry Martin Murphy
  • 22. Civil Society in Japan - Yuko Kawato, Robert J. Pekkanen and Hidehiro Yamamoto
  • 23. Japan's International Relations - Christopher W. Hughes
  • 24. Japan and Globalization - Hugo Dobson
  • 25. Japan–United States Relations - Paul Midford
  • 26. Foreign Relations with China - Caroline Rose
  • PART V ECONOMY
  • 27. The Japanese Economy - Marcus Rebick
  • 28. Japanese Business and Management - Parissa Haghirian
  • 29. Japanese Consumers and Consumerism - Parissa Haghirian
  • 30. Labor Relations - Akira Suzuki
  • 31. Foreign Workers in Japan - Gabriele Vogt
  • 32. Agriculture - Aurelia George Mulgan
  • 33. Energy - Alexandru P. Luta and Paul Midford