Deviance and inequality in Japan : Japanese youth and foreign migrants / / Robert Stuart Yoder

• Autore: Yoder Robert Stuart
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, : Policy Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 303.330952
• Soggetto topico: Social control - Japan; Deviant behavior - Japan; Equality - Japan; Youth - Japan; Immigrants - Japan
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Sep 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- One. Introduction: Power, Inequality and Deviance in Japan. Inequality and Deviance in Japan -- The Link Between Inequality and Deviance -- Powerful Parties -- Subcultures -- The Dominant Subculture Group -- Class Stratification -- Conflict and Deviant Behaviour -- Conflict and Division of Subordinate Subculture Groups -- Relative Deprivation, Interest Group Organisations and Conflict -- The Neglect of Inequality and Deviance in Japan -- Methodology -- Outline of the Book -- Two. Japanese Youth: Inequality and Deviance. The Modern-Day Concept of Youth -- Community and Police Crime Prevention Activities -- Educational Reforms -- Authoritarianism in Secondary Schools -- Class and Education -- The Working Class and Class Culture -- Class and Deviant Behaviour -- Juvenile Delinquency -- Youth Crime: Past and Present -- Conflict and Deviance At the Schools: Ijime and Tokokyohi -- Inequality, Deviance and Transition Into Adulthood -- Youth Self-Interest Organisations -- Misconceptions About Youth Crime -- Three. Foreign Migrants: Inequality and Deviance. Foreign Migrants -- Foreign Migrant Subcultures -- Inequality of Non-Japanese Migrants -- Mode of Adaptation -- Class -- Part One: Ten Largest Foreign Migrant Groups -- Part Two: Smaller Populated Foreign Migrant Groups -- Part Three: Foreign Migrants -- Four. Labelling Conflict Theory: Inequality and Deviance. A Labelling Conflict Perspective -- Entry -- Participation -- Replication -- Concluding Remarks -- Five. Conclusion. Short Summary of Deviance and Inequality in Japan -- The Study of Conflict in Japan -- Critique of Nihonjinron -- Conflict Over Social Policies -- Future Research -- Final Words -- References -- Appendix A:Notes on Methodology -- Getting Started: Conceptualisation -- Observations and Secondary Data -- Class Measurements -- Baseball: Interest, Concepts and Measurements -- Conceptualisation and Measurement -- First-Year Ballplayers: Young Rookies and Older Ballplayers -- Baseball Career of First-Year Ballplayers -- Foreign Migrant English Language Instructors At Japanese Colleges -- Appendix B: Issues and Cases of Inequality and Deviance -- Readers in Council and Cases of Inequality and Deviance -- Nationalism and Japanese Youth -- Sensationalising of the Mass Media -- Prejudice and Discrimination Against Foreign Migrants.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores state controls in Japan, focusing on the interrelation of inequality and deviance of youth and migrant groups which leads to crime.
• Titolo autorizzato: Deviance and inequality in Japan
• ISBN: 1-4473-0204-4; 1-283-07896-1; 9786613078964; 1-84742-833-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818014903321
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