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

Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan: Educational Credentials, Class and the Labour Market in a Cross-National Perspective
ISBN-10
1349138673
ISBN-13
9781349138678
Category
Social Science
Pages
310
Language
English
Published
1995-01-05
Publisher
Springer
Author
Hiroshi Ishida

Description

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.

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